Kazuhiko Kato

Associate Dean

Biography

Dr. Kazuhiko Kato served as a senior manager of a local subsidiary in Australia after engaging in the planning of a domestic sales strategy and establishing a new facility for DDI (currently KDDI), a venture company emerging amidst the liberalization of telecommunication. He received an MBA from Bond University, and an MA in International Studies from the University of Sydney. After returning to Japan, he held marketing positions in Silicon Valley IT companies. He received a Ph.D. in Commerce from Waseda University and was appointed full professor at NUCB Business School in 2016.

Research Interests

Strategic Management, International Business, Digital Transformation

Final Education

Ph.D., Waseda University

Awards & Honours

(2026) Research Encouragement Awards in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2026) Research Encouragement Awards in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2026) Research Encouragement Awards in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2025) Research Encouragement Award in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2025) Research Encouragement Award in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2024) Research Encouragement Awards in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2024) Excellence Prize in Japan Development Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2023) Excellence Prize in Japan Development Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2023) Excellence Prize in Japan Development Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2022) Teaching Award 2021 / NUCB Graduate School（NUCB Business School ）. Kurimoto Educational Institute
(2022) Teaching Award 2021 / NUCB Undergraduate School. Kurimoto Educational Institute
(2022) Research Encouragement Awards in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan
(2022) Research Encouragement Awards in Japan Development Engineering Society. The Development Engineering Society of Japan

Academic Papers

Kazuhiko Kato (2026) Chance and Innovation in Small and Medium-sized Enterprises 〜Insights from the Case of Left-Hand to Right-Hand Drive Conversion Technology〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 42 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2026) Advantages and Challenges of Ecosystem Development 〜Through Examples of Biometric Authentication Services in a Railway Company〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 42 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2026) A Study on the Collection and Utilization of Customer Insight in New Product and Service Development by SMEs. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 42 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2026) Urban Planning with Toyota’s Woven City: The Case of Susono, Japan. Alternatives: Global, Local, Political :2163-3150
Kazuhiko Kato (2026) From Corporate Control to Participatory Governance: Revisiting the Integrative Smart Technology Model through Toyota’s Woven City. Journal of Urban Affairs :1467-9906
Kazuhiko Kato (2026) Biometric Authentication as a Platform Strategy: The Case of Tobu Railway’s Digital Identity Ecosystem. Asian Journal of Technology Innovation :2158-6721
Kazuhiko Kato (2025) Redefining Toyota’s Woven City as a “glocal” innovation ecosystems for integrated sustainable development. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship :2192-5372
Kazuhiko Kato (2025) Building an ecosystem based on a model of theory of good nature 〜A study of differentiation in new entrants to credit tech〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 44 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2025) Pipeline vs. platform type in the manufacturing industry 〜Knowledge from building an ecosystem in the control cabinet industry〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 44 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2024) Building an Ecosystem and Challenges 〜Findings from a case study of diagnostic imaging software〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2024) Open/Close Strategies in Intellectual Property 〜A Case Study of Thin Lithium-Ion Rechargeable Batteries〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2023) Research on Data Utilization in Platform Strategy 〜Referring to previous studies and the case study of the integrated application〜. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 42 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2023) Effectuation and GA (Genetic Algorithm) Complementarity. The Development Engineering Society of Japan 42 (1) :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2021) Consideration of effectuation and causation on the process of new business development - Through the examples of Western digital and NVIDIA -. The Development Engineering Society of Japan :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2021) Successes and challenges of HORIBA's business development based on effectuation. The Development Engineering Society of Japan :1343-7623
Kazuhiko Kato (2021) Research on network effect promoting factors in platform strategy for creating movable estate ― Consideration from MaaS case of MONET Technologies Inc. ―. BMA Journal 21 (1) :2432-1850

Grants

(2024) Methodology for Building Ecosystems in Smart Cities. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Primary Researcher

Book & Case Publishing

Hiroshi Ito and Kazuhiko Kato (2025) The energy transition in Japan. Routledge
Kazuhiko Kato (2024) Space BD: A Venture Company at the Dawn of the Space Industry. NUCB publishing, Case Center Japan.