Sixth Ijiri Lecture on Foundations of Accounting at JAA Annual Meetings on August 26, 2024

Professor (Emeritus) Hiroyuki Itami of Hitotsubashi University was invited by Professor Usui and the Japan Accounting Association (JAA) to deliver the Sixth Yuji Ijiri Lecture on Foundations of Accounting at the JAA annual conference on August 26, 2024.

The JAA annual conference was held at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan from Sunday August 25 to Wednesday August 28, 2024.

Lecturer: Hiroyuki Itami, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University
Title: Foundations of research I learned from Prof. Ijiri

The presentation materials are available here: Download

Itami Hiroyuki

Professor emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. Expertise in business administration. Graduated from Hitotsubashi University in 1967. Received a PhD in industrial administration from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1972, after which he joined the Hitotsubashi commerce faculty, becoming professor in 1985. Later became a professor of innovation studies at the Tokyo University of Science and then served as president of the International University of Japan from 2017 to 2023. Has been a visiting associate professor at Stanford University and external auditor for JFE Holdings. Received a medal of honor with purple ribbon from the Japanese government in 2005 and was named a Person of Cultural Merit in 2023. Works include Keiei senryaku no ronri (Management Strategy Philosophy) and Ningen no tatsujin: Honda Sōichirō (The Master: Honda Sōichirō). His latest publication is Hyōryū suru Nihon kigyō (Japanese Companies Adrift).