Tatsuo Ushijima

牛島辰男

Professor
Graduate School of International Management*
Aoyama Gakuin University

* Also known as Aoyama Business School

Official ABS profile page (in Japanese)

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):

• Managerial Economics (MBA core)
• Competitive Strategy (MBA elective)
• Corporate Strategy (MBA elective)

Research Interests:

Corporate strategy; Corporate restructuring; Mergers and acquisitions; Foreign direct investment

Book (in Japanese):

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

Research Papers:

• What drives the profitability of Japanese multi-business corporations? A variance components analysis, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 25, 1-11, 2011 (joint with Yoshitaka Fukui). Link to the article (Working paper version)


• Understanding partial mergers in Japan, Journal of Banking and Finance 34, 2941-2953, 2010. Link to the article (Working paper version)


• R&D intensity and acquisition and divestiture of corporate assets: Evidence from Japan, Journal of Economics and Business 61, 415-433, 2009. Link to the article (Working paper version)


• Domestic bank health and foreign direct investment, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 22, 291-309, 2008. Link to the article (Working paper version)


• Corporate diversification, performance, and restructuring in the largest Japanese manufacturers, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 21, 303-323, 2007 (joint with Yoshitaka Fukui). Link to the article (Working paper version)


• Internal capital market and the growth and survival of Japanese plants in the United States, Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 19, 366-385, 2005. Link to the article (Working paper version)
  


• Patent rights protection and Japanese foreign direct investment

Work in Progress:

• The choice between closure and selloff: Evidence from Japanese subsidiaries
• Does organizational form matter? The case of intra-firm mergers and hive-offs in Japan
• The market for corporate subsidiaries in Japan
• Japan's holding company puzzle
• Japanese corporate restrucuturing in the 1990s: A holistic look

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 my academic career began)