ABAS Conference 2018 Summer

Kojima Hall, University of Tokyo
Tokyo, Japan

Part 1  July 5, 2018


13:00〜13:05 Opening with Coffee

13:05〜13:45 Melting pot of knowledge.
         Fumihiko IKUINE (University of Tsukuba)

13:45〜14:25 Curvilinear relations between work engagement and job performance.
         Nobuyuki INAMIZU (University of Tokyo)

14:25〜14:30 Closing

Part 2  July 23, 2018


13:00〜13:05 Opening with Coffee

13:05〜13:45 The hierarchical business concept for the implementation of Suica.
         Hiroki KIKUCHI (University of Tokyo)

13:45〜14:25 The management of flexibility in product development.
         Huang WEI (University of Tokyo)

14:25〜15:05 Customization management in supplier performance.
         WonWook SUNG (Toyo University)
         Atsushi AKIIKE (Tohoku Gakuin University)
         Youngwon PARK (Saitama University)

15:05〜15:10 Coffee break

15:10〜15:50 Progress of the measurement of the lean production system.
         Mitsuhiro FUKUZAWA (Seikei University)

15:50〜16:30 The role of intermediaries in matching process between start-ups and major enterprises.
         Koji NAKANO (Toyo University)
         Toru OHARA (Toyo University)

16:30〜17:10 Company X crossed the divide between institutional and competitive isomorphism.
         Ayako AIZAWA (University of Tokyo)

17:10〜17:15 Closing

Part 3  August 21, 2018


13:00〜13:05 Opening with Coffee

13:05〜13:45 Why does Kaizen never end?
         Shumpei IWAO (Meiji Gakuin University)

13:45〜14:25 Customization management in supplier performance.
         WonWook SUNG (Toyo University)
         Atsushi AKIIKE (Tohoku Gakuin University)
         Youngwon PARK (Saitama University)

14:25〜15:05 What was the Galapagos syndrome of Japanese cellphones?
         Atsushi AKIIKE (Tohoku Gakuin University)
         Sotaro KATSUMATA (Osaka University)

15:05〜15:10 Coffee break

15:10〜15:50 Are call centers metaphors for our age?
         Hidenori SATO (University of Tsukuba)

15:50〜16:30 Boiled water turns a company into a frog.
         Takeaki WADA (Fukuoka University)

16:30〜17:10 Diversification and promotion: A case of Mitsubishi heavy industries.
         Hiroyuki KATO (Hosei University)

17:10〜17:15 Closing

Part 4  September 18, 2018


12:30〜12:35 Opening with Coffee

12:35〜13:15 Dynamics of product development localization.
         Heejin KIM (Tohoku University)

13:15〜13:55 Consideration of time pressure and quality evaluation in the time-limited edition products.
         Yuki MITOMI (Takasaki City University of Economics)

13:55〜14:35 SNS blurs boundaries between sellers and buyers.
         Yufu KUWASHIMA (Otsuma Women's University)

14:35〜15:15 The management of flexibility in product development.
         Wei HUANG (University of Tokyo)

15:15〜15:20 Closing


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