Faculty

Trier University (M.A. in Political Science)
Waseda University Graduate School of Asia Pacific Studies (Ph.D. in International Studies)

I conduct research on various aspects of the auto industry, such as industrial development of emerging countries, international production networks (global value chain), corporate strategies, and relationship between automakers and components suppliers. Recently, I have been conducting research on the shift to electric vehicles and the roles of public policies in this process. My research also covers how digitalization has changed work, production organizations, and production control in cooperation with researchers in Germany and Japan.

Global value chain, auto industry, industrial organizations, production control, corporate strategies, digitalization