A Pioneer of Management Research and Education in Japan: Challenges from Kobe University Business School

Preface
Contents
Editors and Contributors
1 Introduction: The Development of KUBS and the History of Business Administration in Japan
	1.1 The Creator of the Study of Business Administration
	1.2 Declining Presence of the Long-established Faculty
	1.3 Establishment of Imperial University and Human Resource Development
	1.4 Training of Commercial Personnel
	1.5 From Merchant Training to University Education
	1.6 Kobe and Research in Business Administration
	1.7 The Academic Nature of Business Administration
	1.8 Today’s Business Administration in Japan
	1.9 About This Book
	References
Part I History of KUBS
2 History of Modern Business Education in Japan
	2.1 Issues in the History of Modern Business Education in Japan
	2.2 Commerce Education in the Period When the School System was Stablished
		2.2.1 Early Turmoil
		2.2.2 Collegiate Commerce Education
	2.3 Characteristics of the Higher Education of Commerce Before 1945
		2.3.1 Curriculums
		2.3.2 Was the Tokyo HCS Model Dominant for the Higher Education of Commerce?
		2.3.3 Comparison Between the Tokyo HCS and Kobe HCS
	2.4 Establishment of an Academic Society on Commerce and Management Studies
	2.5 Business Education after World War II
	2.6 Conclusion
		2.6.1 Summary of Issues for Discussion
		2.6.2 Japanese Business Education in the Twenty-First Century
	References
3 A Captain Pioneering the New Academic Field of Business Administration in Japan: Yasutaro Hirai
	3.1 Establishment of Kobe Higher Commercial School
	3.2 Yasutaro Hirai and the Creation of Business Administration
		3.2.1 Career
		3.2.2 Study Abroad
		3.2.3 The Emergence of Business Administration
		3.2.4 The Establishment of the Japan Academy of Business Administration
	3.3 System of Hirai’s Business Administration
		3.3.1 Introduction of German Business Administration and “Quellenbuch der Betriebswirtschaftslehre (Sourcebook of Business Administration)”
		3.3.2 Hirai’s “Introduction to Business Administration”
		3.3.3 Commercial Science and Business Administration
		3.3.4 Individual Economy as an Object of Business Administration
		3.3.5 The Purpose of the Individual Economy
		3.3.6 Hirai’s Achievements: Systematization of Courses, A Compilation of the “Dictionary of Business Administration,” and Establishment of the Doctor of Business Administration
	3.4 Theory and Practice in Business Administration
		3.4.1 Pragmatism in Business Administration
		3.4.2 Publication of “Industrial Rationalization Catalog” and Training Students
	3.5 Succession and Development of Hirai's Business Administration
		3.5.1 Ichihara’s Theory of Economic Efficiency
		3.5.2 Ichihara’s Theory of Management Maintenance
		3.5.3 Codetermination and Theory of the Management Community
		3.5.4 Management Outcomes as the Purpose of the Enterprise
	References
4 The Road to KUBS: The Ages of Kobe University of Commerce
	4.1 Elevation to Kobe University of Commerce
	4.2 Expansion of Business Administration-Related Subjects
	4.3 Renaming as Kobe University of Economics and Establishing the Department of Business Administration
	4.4 The Management and Recording-Keeping Training School as a Practical Development in Business Administration
	4.5 Establishment of the Affiliated Specialized Division of Business Administration and the Second Faculty
	4.6 The Business School’s Position in Education System Reform
	4.7 Toward the Birth of KUBS Under the New Education System
	4.8 Traditions of Kobe University Business School
	References
5 Establishing the Kobe-Style of Management Studies: Three Big Captains
	5.1 Japan’s First Faculty of Business Administration
	5.2 Early Formation of the KUBS
		5.2.1 Course Structure and Education in KUBS
		5.2.2 Appointment of the Faculty Members
	5.3 Development Process of KUBS
		5.3.1 Development of the Basic Framework for Research and Education in Management
		5.3.2 Additions of Chairs and Courses
	5.4 Training Center for Management Scholars
		5.4.1 Establishment of the Graduate School of Business Administration
		5.4.2 Flexible and Liberal Academic Culture
	5.5 The Management Boom in Japan and the Second Generation of KUBS at Kobe University
	5.6 Kiichi Ichihara and German Business Administration
	5.7 Kuniyoshi Urabe and Modern Management Theories
	5.8 Susumu Kaido and Critical and Socialist  Management Studies
	5.9 Toward the Third Generation: Transition to Management Science Based on Empirical Research
	References
6 Establishing the MBA Program: From the Night Course to the Business School
	6.1 The Opportunity to Establish the MBA Program
	6.2 Preparing the Foundation
	6.3 Quick Beginning of the Experimental Program
	6.4 Concept Committee for Management Education System
	6.5 MBA Program as Cross-Boundary Learning
	6.6 Subsequent Developments
	References
7 To Be a Global Player of Management Studies and Education: The Power of the Accumulation of Management Knowledge in KUBS
	7.1 Introduction
	7.2 Styles in Management Studies: Integration of Clinical and Scientific Knowledge
	7.3 Direction of Knowledge Creation of Japanese Higher Commercial Schools: The Purpose of Management Education in Early Era
	7.4 Knowledge Migration and Accumulation at KUBS: The Process of Cultural Translation and Its Generation and Development in Educational Field
		7.4.1 Knowledge Transfer from Abroad as a Process of Cultural Translation
		7.4.2 Generating and Accumulating Knowledge in Library: Field Research
	7.5 KUBS as a Japanese-Style Business School: Participant Observation
	7.6 Conclusion
	References
8 The Impact and Contribution of KUBS on Japanese Industry
	8.1 Introduction
	8.2 Destination of Graduates of the School of Business Administration, Kobe University, and the Recruitment Outcome by Industry
	8.3 The Ranking of Employment Destinations of Graduates of the School of Business Administration, Kobe University
		8.3.1 The First Period: 1953–1973
		8.3.2 The Second Period: 1974–1986
		8.3.3 The Third Period: 1987–1991
		8.3.4 The Fourth Period: 1992–2001
	8.4 Conclusion
	References
Part II Development of the Research Divisions in KUBS
9 Division of Management
	9.1 Business Strategy
	9.2 Business Management
	9.3 Human Resource Management
	9.4 Financial Management
	9.5 Corporate Government Relations
	9.6 Corporate Network
	9.7 Industrial Management
	9.8 Comparative Management System
	9.9 Business History
	9.10 Business Statistics
	9.11 Decision Analysis
	9.12 Management Informatics
	References
10 Division of Accounting
	10.1 Accounting Education and Research Before World War II
	10.2 Accounting Education at Kobe Higher Commercial School
	References
11 Division of Commerce
	11.1 Introduction: What Is Commerce?
	11.2 Marketing  Distribution
	11.3 International Trade
	11.4 Financial Systems, Financial Institutions
	11.5 Transportation Theory, Logistics Systems
	11.6 Securities Market
	11.7 Risk Management
	11.8 Market Economic Analysis
	References
12 Conclusion: KUBS Mission for the Future
	12.1 A Pioneer in Business Administration
	12.2 National University Reform
	12.3 Chair System as a System for Training Researchers
	12.4 KUBS Chair System
	12.5 Business Administration in Japan
	References
Appendices
Appendix 1 Brief Chronology of KUBS
Appendix 2 Transition of Chairs and Units in KUBS