Hiroshi Ito

Professor

Biography

Dr. Ito received an M.A. from the Teachers College, Columbia University, a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from the Universite de Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. He is fluent in Japanese, English, and Spanish, and is currently learning French. Before joining NUCB Business School in 2013, he worked as an associate expert for UNESCO in Paris, France. He also worked for UNICEF (the Philippines), JICA (Ecuador & Paraguay), an educational NGO (Guatemala), and an academic service company (USA). His research interests lie in pedagogy, educational assessment, environmental policy, and NPO marketing strategy.

Research Interests

Pedagogy, Educational Assessment, Environmental Policy, and NPO Marketing Strategy

Scopus

56518719400

Final Education

Ph.D., University of California

Academic Papers

Hiroshi Ito (2024) Transforming a Day- Laborer’s Quarter into a Service Hub: An Analysis of the Case of Kotobuki in Yokohama, Japan, Using Public Choice and Neo-Hegelian Theories. Urban Affairs Review
Hiroshi Ito (2024) Impact of AACSB Accreditation on Education Quality: Perceptions of Faculty in an Accredited School in Japan. International Journal of Educational Management
Hiroshi Ito (2023) Examining transportation-mode changes during COVID-19 in Toyama, Japan. Regional Studies, Regional Science :2168-1376
Hiroshi Ito (2023) Regional Sustainable Development Using a Quadruple Helix Approach in Japan. Regional Studies, Regional Science
Hiroshi Ito (2022) Promoting urban light rail transit in a compact city context: The case of Toyama City, Japan. Regional Studies, Regional Science
Hiroshi Ito (2022) Bad or worse? Applying critical theory to explore the impacts of Payatas Dumpsite closure on the former waste pickers. Waste Management & Research
Hiroshi Ito (2022) Competing through international accreditation: Cost–benefit analysis and process of AACSB for a business school in Japan. International Journal of Educational Management
Hiroshi Ito (2022) Promoting Transportation Policies in the Context of Compact City Strategies: The Case of Toyama City, Japan. The Annals of Regional Science
Hiroshi Ito (2022) Boon or bane? Examining the impact of the Payatas sanitary landfill closure on former scavengers in the Philippines. Journal of Urban Affairs
Hiroshi Ito (2021) Why students participate in international fieldwork programs: An exploratory study. Journal of Geography in Higher Education
Hiroshi Ito (2021) Active learning in Japan: Breaking barriers at individual, institutional, and policy levels. Policy Futures in Education (Impact Factor 0.88)
Hiroshi Ito (2020) The demise of active learning even before its implementation? Instructors’ understandings and application of this approach within Japanese higher education. Education Inquiry :ISSN 2000-4508
Hiroshi Ito (2020) International fieldwork as skills development: An exploratory study. Journal of Geography in Higher Education
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Promoting an environmental education project: The eco-picture diary in Yokohama City, Japan. Environmental Education Reserach
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Place-based environmental education to promote eco-initiatives: The case of Yokohama, Japan. Regional Studies, Regional Science
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Instructors’ understanding, practices, and issues regarding the use of the case method in higher education. Further and Higher Education
Hiroshi Ito (2019) Expanding the prevailing behavioral model in a social marketing context: A case study of an eco-point system to promote eco-policies in Toyota City, Japan. Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing
Hiroshi Ito (2019) Strategies in Promoting Eco-policies: The Case of Toyama City, Japan. Asian Social Science 15 (5) :ISSN 1911-2017
Hiroshi Ito (2019) Analyzing Toyota City’s eco-policy through strategic marketing tools. Asian Social Science 15 (4) :1911-2025
Hiroshi Ito (2019) Analyses of citizens’ awareness, attitudes, and behaviors and promoting eco-policies in environmental model cities: The case of Toyota City. Ph. D. Dissertation / Doctoral Thesis for Nagoya University
Hiroshi Ito (2019) Assessing and promoting eco-policies in Toyota City, Japan. Policy Design and Practice

Grants

(2022) Assessing and promoting the environmental policies in SDGs Future Cities. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Primary Researcher
(2022) Assessing and promoting environmental policies in SDGs future cities. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Primary Researcher
(2019) Assessment and promotion of citizens' recognition and behavior in relation to eco-city policies. JSPS Primary Researcher

Book & Case Publishing

Hiroshi Ito (Editor: Daniel Hammett) (2024) Handbook of Field Research. Routledge
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Conflict on a Trading Floor (A). Harvard Business School.
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Conflict on a Trading Floor (B). Harvard Business School .
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Jensen Shoes: Jane Kravitz's Story. Harvard Business School .
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Jensen Shoes: Lyndon Brooks' Story. Harvard Business School .
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Chris and Alison Weston (A). Harvard Business School .
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Chris and Alison Weston (B). Harvard Business School .
Hiroshi Ito (2020) Chris and Alison Weston (C) . Harvard Business School .