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Kenichi Miyata
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Associate Professor of Business History at Meiji University, Tokyo; historian of modern U.S. business and corporate growth.

Website: www.kenichimiyata.com
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Honored to have our article, "Emergent Dynamics of Cultural Innovation: Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and American System, 1990-1999," published in Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (open access). Many thanks to all who supported this work!
doi.org/10.1344/jesb...
Emergent Dynamics of Cultural Innovation: Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and American System, 1990-1999 | Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
doi.org
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A longish thread to announce that the Themed Issue "Digital Platform Economies: Value from Data?" is now fully available online
"https://journals.sagepub.com/topic/collections-pns/pns-1-digital_platform_economies_value_from_data/pns
September 22, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The new JIBS special issue, “Cultural Industries and International Business: Transformations in Technologies and Societies,” is out. Looks interesting!

link.springer.com/journal/4126...
Journal of International Business Studies
Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) is a multidisciplinary journal publishing innovative research across eight sub-domains of international ...
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October 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I’m pleased to share my new book chapter (with Daisuke Watanabe), just published in Springer’s Strategic Management and Innovation Strategies.
doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8437-3

If you’re into innovation, dynamic capabilities, or business history,please take a look if you’re interested!
October 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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@entandsoc.bsky.social is delighted to announce that Prof. Ai Hisano has been chosen as incoming Editor-in-Chief. This is a truly exciting appointment that promises a bright new phase in the journal's history. More about Ai and her fascinating work can be found here:
www.aihisano.com
Ai Hisano | Historian
www.aihisano.com
July 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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New article on the interfirm dynamics and process of creation of Pokémon media mix - what would become the largest IP in the world at least according to to this image... Highly recommend the article, open access

revistes.ub.edu/index.php/JE...
July 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Yesterday, Ramon Ramon-Muñoz represented @rhi-ihr.bsky.social at EBHA 2025 in Brussels during the special ‘Meet the Editors’ session. This event, aimed at early-career scholars, brought together editorial board members from leading international business history journals. Thanks for the invitation!
June 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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🌍📜 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 - 𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐎 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 🏙️✨
Sponsored and hosted by the Business History Society of Japan, Canadian Business History Association, Business History Conference, and European Business History Association www.worldcbh.org/CfP2026

🗓️ July 27–31, 2026 🚨 CFP is NOW OPEN! ✈️
Call for Papers Toronto 2026
3rd World Congress of Business History, Toronto, Canada 29th Congress of the European Business History Association
www.worldcbh.org
July 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Exciting news coming very soon!
The Business History Conference (@businesshistoryc.bsky.social) is delighted to announce a search for a new Editor-in-Chief of @entandsoc.bsky.social. Expressions of interest by May 1 2025. Details here: thebhc.org
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July 1, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Honored to have our article, "Emergent Dynamics of Cultural Innovation: Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and American System, 1990-1999," published in Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business (open access). Many thanks to all who supported this work!
doi.org/10.1344/jesb...
Emergent Dynamics of Cultural Innovation: Globalizing Pikachu through Japanese and American System, 1990-1999 | Journal of Evolutionary Studies in Business
doi.org
July 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM