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 cross-country comparative research.

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Founded · 設立 2013 Ritsumeikan → 2016 Keio SFC
Members · 構成員 Prof. + app. 40 students and staff
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. Currently offered as a B-type kenkyukai (one slot per week, 2 credits); from AY2027 it becomes an A-type kenkyukai (two slots per week, 4 credits). Works in close coordination with the B2 English track.

Lang.日本語
YearUndergrad 1–4
Affil.研究会B → A(2027年度)
TRACK · 02

B2 — English Track

Monday 5th period. English-language seminar partnering with Japanese and international companies each semester on applied research projects. Currently offered as a B-type kenkyukai (one slot per week, 2 credits); from AY2027 it becomes an A-type kenkyukai (two slots per week, 4 credits). Works in close coordination with B1, and — because of the shared English-language environment — also operates as a single community with the Graduate track.

Lang.English
YearUndergrad 1–4
Affil.研究会B → A(2027年度)
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. Admissions are currently suspended for candidates whose enrolment would overlap the 2027–28 research sabbatical — see Seminar for details.

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

The seminar, as it happens.

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2027.01.19
Event
Opening session with LayerX CEO Yoshinori Fukushima at Back Office AI Summit Vol.3, hosted by LayerX (19 January 2027, Otemachi Mitsui Hall, Tokyo; free to attend).
EN · 日本語
2026.12.16
Event
Online re-broadcast of the AI × Management Control Day talk "How to map out a strategy that keeps winning in the age of AI", hosted by Loglass (16 December 2026, free to attend).
EN · 日本語
2026.12.01
Event
Speaking at the PoliPoli seminar "Building Policy into Corporate Strategy" (1 December 2026, Toranomon, Tokyo, and online; free to attend).
EN · 日本語
2026.12.01
Event
Keynote at Business×HR Forum 2026, hosted by Shoeisha's Biz/Zine and HRzine (1 December 2026, online, free to attend).
EN · 日本語
2026.12.01
Event
Interviewing Professor Gary Hamel in the keynote of the DIAMOND Harvard Business Review 50th-anniversary forum "The Future of Management" (1 December 2026, online, free to attend).
EN · 日本語
2026.11.28
Publication
Co-edited book "Sentaku suru Middle" (Middle Managers Who Choose), edited by Yasuhiro Hattori, Masahiro Kotosaka and Masato Sasaki, published by Yuhikaku (28 November 2026).
EN · 日本語
2026.11.26
Event
Keynote at MonotaRO DAY for Enterprise 2026 (26 November 2026, online, free to attend).
EN · 日本語
2026.11.13
Event
Keynote at Arthur D. Little's Management Innovation Forum 2026 (13 November, Conrad Tokyo): the new era of algorithms and robotics.
EN · 日本語
2026.11.12
Event
Session keynote at the ICA2026 Tokyo plenary "Leadership in an Age of Disruption: Embracing Change, Inspiring Growth" (12 November 2026).
EN · 日本語
2026.11.09
Event
Mutsuo Iwai, Senior Advisor and former Chairman of Japan Tobacco, spoke in the International Business course (9 November 2026).
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.

www.sfc.keio.ac.jp/contact/ →