Tatsuo Ushijima

Professor
Graduate School of International Management*
Aoyama Gakuin University

* Also known as Aoyama Business School

Currently on leave for Columbia University (April-June 2010) and University of California, San Diego (July 2010-March 2011)

Shibuya 4-4-25, Shibuya-ku
Tokyo 150-8366
JAPAN
Map to Aoyama Gakuin University

E-mail: ushijima at gsim dot aoyama dot ac dot jp
Tel.: +81-3-3409-8544
Fax: +81-3-3409-4167

Education:

• 2003 University of California, Los Angeles (Ph.D.)
• 1991 Keio University (M.A.)
• 1989 Keio University (B.A.)

Teaching Links (under construction):

• MBC101 Strategic Management (MBA core)
• MGT303 Competitive Strategy (MBA elective)
• MGT304 Corporate Strategy (MBA elective)

Research Interests:

Corporate strategy and finance; International business; Business economics; History of management thinking

Book (in Japanese):

「経営戦略をつかむ」(Understanding Management Strategy) (joint with Shigeru Asaba). 2010. Yuhikaku:Tokyo

Research Papers:

• Understanding partial mergers in Japan, Journal of Banking and Finance (forthcoming), 2010. Link to the article (PDF version)
• R&D intensity and acquisition and divestiture of corporate assets: Evidence from Japan, Journal of Economics and Business 61, 2009, 415-433. Link to the article (PDF version)
• Domestic bank health and foreign direct investment, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 22, 2008, 291-309. Link to the article (PDF version)
• Corporate diversification, performance, and restructuring in the largest Japanese manufacturers, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 21, 2007, 303-323 (joint with Yoshitaka Fukui). Link to the article (PDF version)
• Internal capital market and the growth and survival of Japanese plants in the United States, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 19, 2005, 366-385. Link to the article (PDF version)
  
• What drives the profitability of Japanese multi-business corporations? A variance components analysis (joint with Yoshitaka Fukui) (PDF version)
• Ownership structure, liquidity, and small firm growth: Evidence from Japanese OTC firms

Work in Progress:

• The choice between liquidation and selloff: Evidence from Japanese subsidiaries
• Microstructure of Japan's M&A market
• Japanese corporate restrucuturing in the 1990s: A holistic look
• Patent rights protection and FDI

Links:

• Aoyama Business School (where I am)
• The Anderson School at UCLA (where I studied before joining ABS)
• Mitsubishi Research Institute (where I worked before going to LA)
• Keio University (where I studied long before)