Masao Nakamura (中村政男）

B.S. M.S. (Keio), Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins) 

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Distinguished Guest Professor (慶應義塾大学商学部特別招聘教授）

Graduate School of Business and Commerce

Keio University

Email: nakamura@fbc.keio.ac.jp

masao.nakamura@gmail.com

http://www.fbc.keio.ac.jp/~nakamura/

 

Professor of Commerce and Business Administration (Emeritus)

Sauder School of Business, Strategy and Business Economics Division

University of British Columbia

Email: masao.nakamura@sauder.ubc.ca

 

Previous Positions

Professor, Sauder School of Business, Strategy and Business Economics Division

Professor and the Konwakai Japan Research Chair, Institute of Asian Research, UBC

Professor, Faculty of Applied Science (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering), UBC.

Director, Centre for Japanese Research, UBC

Acting Director, Institute of Asian Research, UBC

Visiting Fellow of the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study, Waseda University, Tokyo

Invited Adjunct Researcher, Research Institute of Contemporary Japanese Systems, Waseda University, Tokyo

Professor, Faculty of Business, University of Alberta

Visiting Professor, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

Visiting Professor, Department of Political Economy, Meiji University

 

Journal Editorial Boards:

Editorial Board, Managerial & Decision Economics, Open Environmental Sciences, J. of Business and Financial Affairs, International Journal of Academic Research in Management and Business, Corporate Board: Role, Duties & Composition Journal.

(Masao Nakamura is also affiliated with UBC’s Centre for Japanese Research in the Institute of Asian Research.)

  

Research and Teaching Interests

 

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Links to Courses and MDE Special Issues

 

Publications

Books

Changing Corporate Governance Practices in China and Japan: Adaptations of Anglo-American Practices (Ed.) , Palgrave Macmillan, London and New York, 2008. ( pdf )

 

The Input-Output Tables for Environmental Analysis and its Applications (Kankyo Bunsekiyo Sangyo Renkanhyo to sono Oyo), in Japanese, (with H. Hayami, S. Nakano and M. Suzuki), 219 pages, Keio University Press, Tokyo, 2008, ISBN 978-4-7664-1512-4.  (Book flyer)    

 

Changing Japanese Business, Economy, and Society: Globalization of Post-Bubble Japan(Ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2004. (Book flyer)

  

Alliances, Cooperative Ventures and the Role of Government In The Knowledge Based Economy: Policy Issues for Canada and Beyond(Ed.), 326 pages. Includes index. Centre for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2002, ISBN 0-88865-758-7.

 

The Japanese Business and Economic System: History and Prospects for the 21st Century(Ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2001. (Book flyer)

 

The Input-Output Table for Environmental Analysis (Kankyo Bunsekiyo Sangyo Renkanhyo), in Japanese, (with K.Asakura, H.Hayami, M.Mizoshita, S.Nakano, M.Shinozaki, A.Washizu and K.Yoshioka), 236 pages, 2001, Keio University Press, Tokyo, ISBN4-7664-0847-0. (Book flyer)

 

Technological Progress and Competitiveness (with S. Globerman, K.Ruckman, I.Vertinsky and T.Williamson), Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Ottawa, 1998.  ISBN 0-662-27600-0, Cat.No. Fo 42-288/1998E  French version available (ISBN 0-662-27600-0, Cat.No. Fo 42-298/1999E).

 

Japan in the Global Age: Cultural, Historical and Political Issues on Asia, Environment, Households and International Communication( Ed.), 227 pages. Includes index. Centre for Japanese Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2001, ISBN 0-88865-748-X.

 

Japanese Economic Policies and Growth:Implications for Businesses in Canada and North America, (with I. Vertinsky), 1994, University of Alberta Press.  Reviews of this book are found in: Pacific Affairs 69, No.1, 1996, pp.144-145, by Carl Mosk; Canadian Public Policy XXII, No.3,1996, pp.301-302, by William J. Milne.

 

Sources of Total Factor Productivity for Japanese Manufacturing Industries, 1964-1988: Issues in Scale Economies, Technical Progress, Industrial Policies and Measurement Methodologies, (with K. Yoshioka and T. Nakajima), Keio Economic Observatory Research Monograph Series, Keio University, Tokyo, 1994.

 

The Second Paycheck: A Socio-economic Analysis of Earnings,(with A. Nakamura), with Foreword by James J. Heckman, Academic Press (1985). Reviews of this book are found in: Journal of Economic Literature 125, 1987, pp. 162-163, by Solomon W. Polachek; Industrial and Labor Relations Review 40, 1987, p. 301, by Morley Gunderson; Choice, January 1986, p. 776, by E.P. Hoffman; Journal of the American Statistical Association 182, 1987, pp. 684-685, by M. Anne Hill; Economic Journal 96, 1986, p. 896, by Shirley Dex; Journal of Political Economy 95, 1987, pp. 653-656, by Martin D. Dooley; Economic Studies Quarterly 39, 1988, pp. 284-286, by T. Inoki (in Japanese).

 

Employment and Earnings of Married Females ,(with A. Nakamura and D. Cullen), 1971 Census Analytic Studies Programme, Statistics Canada (December 1979) (available in English and French). Abstracted in Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 18, No. 2 (June 1980), pp. 713-714.

 

Journal Articles and Other Selected Periodicals Articles

 

·         “An economic assessment of present and future electronic-waste streams: Japan’s experience,” (with H. Hayami), in A. Khan, Inamuddin and A. M.­ Asiri (eds.), E-waste Recycling and Management: Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 33, Springer, 2020, 39-62.    [ pdf ]

·         ” Why Japan’s new immigration law could cause public backlash, ” The Globe Post,  January 25, 2019.  [ pdf ]

Book Chapters / Proceedings Articles

Book Reviews