Keio University Shonan Fujisawa Campus
Keio University — Shonan Fujisawa Campus

International Business
& Entrepreneurship Research.

A focused research seminar where strategic management meets international business and entrepreneurship — led by Professor Masahiro Kotosaka. We study firms across the full arc of their development — founding, growth, and international expansion — drawing on longitudinal fieldwork and comparative research across Asia.

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Founded · 設立 2013 Ritsumeikan → 2016 Keio SFC
Members · 構成員 Prof. + 42 students
Tracks · 区分 B1 / B2 / Graduate
Contact · 連絡先 iber.sfc@gmail.com
§01 RESEARCH

Strategy at the centre — where international business and entrepreneurship converge.

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Strategic management is our home discipline, the meeting point of international business and entrepreneurship. Our agenda engages directly with the four contemporary currents of strategic-management theory mapped out in The Evolution of Strategic Management: Theory (Kotosaka, Toyo Keizai, 2026): strategy-as-practice and -action, multi-layered boundary strategy, non-market and institutional strategy, and the algorithmic and robotic era.

§02 SEMINAR

Three tracks, one research community.

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TRACK · 01

B1 — Japanese Track

Weekly seminar in Japanese covering Japanese and global corporate case studies, group discussion, and individual research. Members enrol as their primary (A-type) seminar at SFC, and work in close coordination with the B2 English track.

Lang.日本語
YearUndergrad 1–4
Affil.SFC Aタイプ
TRACK · 02

B2 — English Track

Monday 5th period. English-language seminar partnering with Japanese and international companies each semester on applied research projects. Members enrol as their primary (A-type) seminar at SFC, working in close coordination with B1, and — because of the shared English-language environment — also operating as a single community with the Graduate track.

Lang.English
YearUndergrad 1–4
Affil.SFC Aタイプ
TRACK · 03

Graduate — Research Track

Flexible schedule. Monthly 1:1 with Prof. Kotosaka, plus optional participation in B1 and B2 seminars. Operates as a single community with B2 in particular, given the shared English-language environment.

Lang.JP / EN
YearMaster / PhD
Affil.修士・博士
§03 NEWS

The seminar, as it happens.

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2026.05.18
Event
Speeda webinar to be re-broadcast with Uzabase's Tomoyuki Ota: "Your strategy is already old — four new currents the planning office must know."
EN · 日本語
2026.04.21
News
Website redesigned and republished, with Claude Code.
日本語
2026.04.15
Publication
New book *The Evolution of Strategic Management Theory* by Masahiro Kotosaka, published by Toyo Keizai (Apr 2026).
EN · 日本語
2026.03.24
Event
Speeda webinar with Uzabase's Tomoyuki Ota: "Your strategy is already old — four new currents the planning office must know."
EN · 日本語
2026.03.18
Publication
Co-edited volume *Unleashing Innovation the East Asian Way* released by Springer (Open Access, Mar 2026).
EN · 日本語
2026.02.26
Press
Guest commentator for the *DIAMOND Harvard Business Review* March 2026 issue: "Generative AI — from efficiency to differentiation."
EN · 日本語
2026.02.10
Event
Keynote with former FamilyMart Vice Chairman Takashi Sawada at Loglass Management-Planning NEXT 2026 (Online).
EN · 日本語
2026.02.04
Press
Moderated the ICC KYOTO 2025 session "What essential value do 'art' and 'design' bring to business?" — full five-part write-up published.
EN · 日本語
§04 CONTACT

Get in touch.

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Seminar inquiries

Applications (B1 / B2 / Graduate), seminar visits, and questions about membership or activities.

iber.sfc@gmail.com

Faculty & Keio SFC inquiries

For inquiries addressed to Prof. Kotosaka individually and for general Keio SFC questions, please follow the link below.

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