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Professor
Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University

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Fields of Interest
Management Science & Operations Research, Managerial Economics
 

Recent papers

• "Should competing suppliers with dual-channel supply chains adopt agency selling in an e-commerce platform?", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.312, No.2, 2024, pp. 587-604. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2023.06.030 [html version] 
• "Dual-recycling channel reverse supply chain design of recycling platforms under acquisition price competition", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.259, 2023, 108769. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.108769 [html version] [accepted version manuscript uploaded on Kobe University Repository]
• "Should a retailer bargain over a wholesale price with a manufacturer using a dual-channel supply chain?", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.300, No.3, 2022, pp. 1050-1066. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.09.012 [html version]
• "Optimal timing of acquisition price announcement for used products in a dual-recycling channel reverse supply chain", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.300, No.2, 2022, pp. 615-632. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2021.08.010 [html version]
• "Buyer's strategic demand information sharing with an upstream echelon for entry promotion", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.242, 2021, 108286. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2021.108286 [html version]
• "Power structure and profitability in a three-echelon supply chain facing stochastic demand", Computers & Industrial Engineering, Vol.160, 2021, 107246. DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2021.107246
• "Optimal bargaining timing of a wholesale price for a manufacturer with a retailer in a dual-channel supply chain", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.287, No.1, 2020, pp. 225-236. DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2020.05.004 [html version]
• "A supply chain member should set its margin later if another member's cost is highly uncertain", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.275, No.1, 2019, pp.127-138. [html version]
• "When and what wholesale and retail prices should be set in multi-channel supply chains?", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.267, No.2, 2018, pp.540-554. [html version]
• "When should a manufacturer set its direct price and wholesale price in dual-channel supply chains?", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.258, No.2, 2017, pp. 501-511. [html version]
• "Disclosure Policy in a Mixed Market", European Accounting Review, Vol.25, No.1, 2016, pp. 81-107. [final publication version]
• "Asymmetric Product Distribution between Symmetric Manufacturers Using Dual-channel Supply Chains", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.248, No.2, 2016, pp. 646-657. [final publication version]
• "Gray-market Trade with Product Information Service in Global Supply Chains", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.147, Part.B, 2014, pp. 351-361. [final publication version]
• "Entry Deterrence through Credible Commitment to Transfer Pricing at Direct Cost", Management Accounting Research, Vol.24, No.3, 2013, pp. 261-275. [final publication version]
• "Strategic Upfront Marketing Channel Integration as an Entry Barrier", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.220, No.3, 2012, pp. 865-875. [final publication version]
• "Auditing Internal Transfer Prices in Multinationals under Monopolistic Competition", International Tax and Public Finance, Vol.19, No.6, 2012, pp. 800-818. [final publication version]
• "Cost-based Transfer Pricing under R&D Risk Aversion in an Integrated Supply Chain", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.139, No.1, 2012, pp. 69-79. [final publication version]
• "Concentration of Marketing Channels and Brand-level Retailer Margins: Evidence from Japan", Applied Economics, Vol.44, No.12, 2012, pp. 1591-1601.
• "Strategic Transfer Pricing and Social Welfare under Product Differentiation", European Accounting Review, Vol.20, No.3, 2011, pp. 521-550. [final publication version]
• "Accounting Year-end Dispersion and Seasonality in the Japanese Corporate Bond Market", Applied Economics, Vol.43, No.26, 2011, pp. 3733-3744.
• "Resale Price Maintenance for Supply Chains Distributing Products with Demand Uncertainty", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.134, No.2, 2011, pp. 375-387. [final publication version]
• "Intrafirm trade, Arm's-length Transfer Pricing Rule, and Coordination Failure", European Journal of Operational Research, Vol.212, No.3, 2011, pp. 570-582.
• "Dynamic Adjustment Process of Retail Store Density in Cointegrated Panels: Evidence from Japan", Applied Economics, Vol.43, No.2, 2011, pp. 197-205.
• "Effects of Wholesaler Concentration on Retailers by Format: Evidence from Japanese Brand-level Price Data", Applied Economics, Vol.42, No.18, 2010, pp.2379-2391.
• "Returns Policy, New Model Introduction, and Consumer Welfare", International Journal of Production Economics, Vol.124, No.2, 2010, pp.299-309 (the lead article of this issue). [final publication version]
• "Application of the Auction Theory to the Overpricing Phenomenon in a Corporate Bond Underwriting Market", Applied Financial Economics Letters, Vol.4, No.6, 2008, pp.457-460.
• "Overpricing of New Issues in the Japanese Straight Bond Market", Applied Financial Economics Letters, Vol.2, No.5, 2006, pp.323-327.
• "Effects of Consumers' Shopping Ability on Location Strategy for Retailers Classified by Business Category", AMA Summer Marketing Educators' Conference Proceedings, Vol.17, 2006, pp.183-190.
• "Marketing Channels and Retail Store Density in East Asia", Asian Economic Journal, Vol.19, No.4, 2005, pp.407-422, (co-authored with Shuanghong Lu, Tatsuhiko Nariu, Tadashi Yukimoto)"Retail Store Density in Japan", The Japanese Economy, Vol. 32, No.3, 2004, pp.49-75,  (co-authored with Tadashi Yukimoto)

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