The University of Tokyo (Tokyo) invites applications in Strategic Management/Entrepreneurship. Ranks: Prof/Assoc Prof (tenured) or Asst Prof (TT). Deadline: Mar 31, 2026 (JST).
career-center.aom.org
Happy 30th birthday, Pokรฉmon! Since 1996, the Japanese media sensation has inspired generations of researchers in fields as diverse as evolution, biodiversity and research integrity. go.nature.com/4bcjZ9w
Three decades after its launch, Pokรฉmon has managed to catch โem all. There are several reasons for its popularity
Today is the 30th anniversary of Pokรฉmon.
One of the greatest pop-culture phenomena to emerge in the late 20th century
youtu.be/X618m65s3Gg?...
AHA members: The AHA is accepting applications for the 2026-27 research grants until February 15, 2026. Preference will be given to advanced doctoral students, nontenured faculty, and unaffiliated scholars and to those with specific research needs. ๐๏ธ
Explore the AHAโs Resource Library, with hundreds of resources developed or vetted by the AHA and our partners. Our resources range from classroom syllabi, to archival documents from the Civil War, to standards and guidelines for the discipline, and more.
๐ฃ CFP open (BHSJ 62nd,Int'l session)
Theme:"Expanding Horizons in Business Historyโ
Deadline: April 15, 2026
sites.google.com/view/bhsj62h...
Please share with colleagues/students who may be interested.
Today, the AHA & CREW filed an amicus brief in support of Harvard Universityโs lawsuit against the federal government over the universityโs ability to host foreign scholars and students. The brief conveys the importance of international scholars and students to American higher education. ๐๏ธ
Pleased to share the Spring 2026 schedule for the SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN ASIA online seminar series @ Harvard!
Talks are over Zoom on Tuesdays, 10:30โ11:45 am EST.
REGISTRATION: seow.scholars.harvard.edu/STinAsia
#histstm #histsci #histtech #histmed #envhist #envhum #sts ๐งช
It is a translated and condensed version of my paper originally published in Japan Business History Review (Vol. 56, No. 3, 2021). If youโre interested, please take a look.
Iโm pleased to share another publication, โDiversification and business competitiveness of Westinghouse Electric Corporation in the postwar era: A strategic narrative from the 1950s to the 1960s,โ an open-access article in JRBH (Vol. 42).
doi.org/10.5029/jrbh...
A longish thread to announce that the Themed Issue "Digital Platform Economies: Value from Data?" is now fully available online
"https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-pns/pns-1-digital_platform_economies_value_from_data/pns
The new JIBS special issue, โCultural Industries and International Business: Transformations in Technologies and Societies,โ is out. Looks interesting!
link.springer.com/journal/4126...
In this chapter, I build on the approach of R. D. Wadhwani & G. Jones, โHistorical Change and the Competitive Advantage of Firms,โ in The Oxford Handbook of Dynamic Capabilities, applying it to a historical case study of the US PC industry.
doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...
The title: โSource of the Dynamics of Cospecialization in the US PC Industry Ecosystem, 1970sโ1990sโ
Iโm pleased to share my new book chapter (with Daisuke Watanabe), just published in Springerโs Strategic Management and Innovation Strategies.
doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8437-3
If youโre into innovation, dynamic capabilities, or business history,please take a look if youโre interested!
@entandsoc.bsky.social is delighted to announce that Prof. Ai Hisano has been chosen as incoming Editor-in-Chief. This is a truly exciting appointment that promises a bright new phase in the journal's history. More about Ai and her fascinating work can be found here:
www.aihisano.com
Chart that shows the Pokemon franchise is the highest grossing IP of all time
New article on the interfirm dynamics and process of creation of Pokรฉmon media mix - what would become the largest IP in the world at least according to to this image... Highly recommend the article, open access
revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JE...
Business History 67, Issue 5, 2025 now in print! ๐
www.tandfonline.com/toc/fbsh20/6...
@historians.org @routledgebuseco.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk @womenknowhistory.bsky.social
Yesterday, Ramon Ramon-Muรฑoz represented @rhi-ihr.bsky.social at EBHA 2025 in Brussels during the special โMeet the Editorsโ session. This event, aimed at early-career scholars, brought together editorial board members from leading international business history journals. Thanks for the invitation!
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Sponsored and hosted by the Business History Society of Japan, Canadian Business History Association, Business History Conference, and European Business History Association www.worldcbh.org/CfP2026
๐๏ธ July 27โ31, 2026 ๐จ CFP is NOW OPEN! โ๏ธ
Exciting news coming very soon!
Honored to have our article, "Emergent Dynamics of Cultural Innovation: Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and American System, 1990-1999," published in Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (open access). Many thanks to all who supported this work!
doi.org/10.1344/jesb...
