Campus

Tokyo Tokyo
Osaka Osaka
Nagoya Nagoya

Faculty & Research

Hiroshi Ito

Professor

Hiroshi Ito

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 (2025) Redefining Toyota’s Woven City as a “glocal” innovation ecosystems for integrated sustainable development. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
  • 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) Promoting Transportation Policies in the Context of Compact City Strategies: The Case of Toyama City, Japan. The Annals of 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) 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

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

Book & Case Publishing

  • Hiroshi Ito and Kazuhiko Kato (2025) The energy transition in Japan. Routledge
  • Sokolowski, M.M. and Shimpo, F (2025) Smart cities and Japan's energy transition. Routledge
  • 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 .