Adopting and Adapting Innovation in Japan's Digital Transformation

Anshuman Khare is a professor in operations management at Athabasca University, Canada. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow and a former Monbusho Scholar. His research focuses on environmental regulation impacts on industry, just-in-time manufacturing, supply chain management, sustainability, cities and climate change, online business education, etc. His current research focus is on impact of digital technologies on business and education. Anshuman has co-edited a series of books on digital transformation of business during the last five years—Phantom ex machina: Digital disruption's role in business model transformation (Springer International, 2016); On the Line: Business Education in the Digital Age (Springer International, 2017);  Marktorientiertes Produkt- und Produktionsmanagement in digitalen Umwelten (Gabler Verlag, Germany, 2018), and Transforming Japanese Business: Rising to the Digital Challenge (Springer Nature Singapore, 2019). In 2022, he published two edited books with Routledge titled Japanese Business Operations in an Uncertain World and Sustainable International Business Models in a Digitally Transforming World. He has interest in the following sectors: automobile, aviation (airports and airlines), energy (alternative and renewable), manufacturing, services, sustainable cities, and smart cities (public policy).   William W. Baber has combined education with business throughout his career. Currently, he is teaching and researching negotiation and business models as an associate professor at the Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University. He has also taught as a visiting professor at University of Vienna and University of Jyväskylä. Additional experience includes economic development in the State of Maryland and supporting business starters in Japan. He is the lead author of the textbook Practical Business Negotiation and co-editor of Transforming Japanese Business. Recent articles include Transition to Digital Distribution Platforms and Business Model Evolution as well as Identifying Macro Phases across the Negotiation Lifecycle. Negotiation simulations include Mukashi Games and Pixie and Electro Car Merger, both available through TheCaseCentre.org

Digital Transformation of Business in Japan.- Digital Platform for Improving Development Efficiency and Profitability of Robot System Integrators.- Quality Fintech in the Context of the Japanese Main Bank System.- Incremental Digital Transformation in Finance: Creating an Unstoppable Digital Transformation Ratchet.