Thought Leadership

Faculty Spotlight

Hitotsubashi ICS Faculty are on the cutting edge of business research, are highly recognized by their peers and have been covered extensively by the media. Below we spotlight a few of our diverse faculty and their current works.

Ken Kusunoki | Takashi Nawa | Sanshiro Yamaoka

Ken Kusunoki

Hitotsubashi ICS Professor Ken Kusunoki specializes in strategy and innovation. He currently teaches Organizational Capability and Business Architecture at ICS and oversees Field Studies and Knowledge Week. Starting in the Fall of 2010, he will also teach the popular Corporate Strategy course.

Find out about his current works and research here

Takashi Nawa

Professor Takashi Nawa came to ICS in June 2010, after two decades of experience at McKinsey & Co., most recently as a director. He is currently also an advisor and consultant to global firms, and the founder and CEO of a company specializing in fundamental transformation and global growth.

Find out about his current works and research here

Sanshiro Yamaoka

Prof. Yamaoka's brings with him an invaluable twenty years of hands-on professional experience in the financial industry as a banker, an investment analyst, and an asset manager. Nonetheless his Company Analysis course is not focused on quantitative studies as much as it is on intelligent interactions between students and high-level key corporate decision-makers.

Find out about his current works and research here