pokejapan@kyoto

About my research 2 (Abstract)

My research theme is as follows: "Consideration of the cultural factor in electronic commerce (EC)” Case study of "The Kakushin Juku". The function of the Internet has evolved over the last several years and it began to be able to convey information interactively by various methods. The traditional industry of Kyoto is considered as a case study about the transmission of culture on the Internet. The content of the research classifies the transition by time period while comparing the Japan and the U.S., two countries of EC. Moreover, how a cultural product can be treated by the Internet by using Chris Anderson's "Long Tail Theory" is verified. The verification method is done from both a quantitative verification and a qualitative verification. A quantitative verification analyzes various data obtained from the website of "The Kakushin Juku, Innovative Globalization of Kyoto’s Heritage Industries Program," which is a class of the Doshisha Business School and analyzes the decisive factors of the change in major indexes. It verifies it by using the method of the questionnaire survey to the analysis of evaluations from people who visit the community on the website, the comments, visitors and interviews, etc. in a qualitative verification concerning the acceptability of the traditional culture of Japan.

Kakushin-Juku Community Site

http://bs.doshisha.ac.jp/kakushin/shokunin_e/index.html

http://pokejapan.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/11/kakushin-juku-c.html

About my research 1 (Introduction)

I am researching about EC (E-commerce) at university. I have been doing this research for about two years. Why was I interested in EC and start to study about it? One of the reasons is that I have been doing EC, which is called online shopping, as my business for 12 years. I just know how to do business this way from my own theory based on my experience, but I want to deal with EC more theoretically. If I know theories and practices, my business will go well and I might be able to contribute to the progress of the EC industry in Japan.

Now I am going to write some reports about EC such as the history of EC, an analysis of EC using the case of “The Kakushin Juku” website, which is a new class of our MBA from the last academic year to support some traditional craftsmen by MBA education from our faculty members, and invite lecturers from outside the university. I would like to write an outline and some details of my report about the history of EC on this weblog. There are two types of EC by different methods, such as EC by PC (Personal computer) and EC by MP (mobile phone). The history of EC by mobile phone is much shorter than that by PC. At first I will write about the PC history of EC in my next article on this weblog.

The new school year has started

The new school year has just started. This year I am in the second year of a PhD course called TIM (Technology Innovative Management) at Doshisha University Graduate School of Policy and Management. Last year, as my first year, I was so busy because I took 9 classes, which are 18 credits. Some of the classes are provided in English so that some teachers come from overseas, such as UC Barclay in the US, the University of Cambridge in England and the University of Auckland in New Zealand. I gave several presentations in Japan and one in China. In the morning, I work at my office for managing my company called KTS and in the afternoon I go to school to take classes and attend  workshops and seminars, even if on the weekend. I also do my consulting job for EC (E-commerce) as a part-time job. Actually it's busy, but I enjoy being busy. I think it is very important to strike a balance between one's private life, work and study. The second year of my PhD course should be tougher than the first year. I should concentrate on research more this year. The theme of my research is"Effectiveness of the online shop for Kyoto traditional crafts in local and foreign markets by using information technologies"

 

PhD International Workshop in Doshisha

I took part in the PhD International Workshop in Doshisha for three days as a staff member of IT and manage for the workshop, preparation of parties. Thirty-seven attendances including faculties and PhD students came from all over the world, such as UK, US, NZ, China, Taiwan, Korea, Denmark, across Japan, etc. I have learnt a lot about studies of the different area from presenters and could exchange the information about PhD course and universities with unique features.
The students are working hard. Someone have job and someone have to finish within the period of time. I am happy to see many people from all over the world and could support them for their presentations as a one of PhD students. I was said I should make a presentation in this workshop next year.

DBS-MXJ MBA Symposium 2

I have just come back from Xi’an trip in China yesterday. These purposes of the trip were making a presentation about my research and attending the first symposium with DBS (Doshisha Business School) and MXJ (MBA of Xi’an Jiaotong University) which was the top MBA in China. We have almost 20 people from Japan including three professors, MBA students, post MBA students, Ph.D. candidates, etc. We could have a good time and meet many nice people in this University. Five days have been passed very quickly and I’ve already missed some Chinese food on the picture. 

DBS-MXJ MBA Symposium

  I am going to make a presentation at Xi’an Jiaotong University in China at the end of this month. I have almost finished the PPT of my presentation and put it into rehearsal with teacher and the other presenters at our business school today. We were informed about the website of this symposium in Chinese. When I found my name and title of presentation on the website, it made me exciting. My presentation title is “Effectiveness of the online shop for the Kyoto traditional crafts in local and foreign markets by using information technologies.” Please access to this University’s website.

http://som.xjtu.edu.cn/ReadNews.asp?newsid=642

Giving a lecture at high school

I gave a lecture for around forty high students on last Sunday. Many of them want to go to well known private University in Kansai area including Doshisha University. New I am doing Ph.D. after finished MBA at same University. My theme of lecture for them about 90 minutes including Q&A is “”My Career” what kind of jobs I had in the past and I have now. I tald them that what I've learnt from those experience. My messages to them are two things that they should have skills for globalization including English communication skill as well as IT skill. I think that both of them are getting more important than now in the future. After my presentation finished, two students from Doshisha University had speeches about University life and their experience of their study for University entrance examination in few minutes and had Q&A time as well. Finally, their teachers said that students concentrated their speeches and were different from usual, because they were interested in our presentation and speeches.

International Workshop in China

       I was appointed to make a presentation at business school of Xi'an Jiaotong University, which is one of the best MBA in China, at the beginning of December of this year. I am so happy to hear that from our marketing professor at our business school, because it is my dream to make a presentation and  discussion with people from different counties in Asia. Actually, the exchange students program between two business schools has been started since this year and now we have five Chinese exchange students in Kyoto. I have seen them for the first time at yesterday's party held in professor's home. They are so nice, because they are friendly, aggressive and smart. They also have different back ground about job experiences, so I could learn a lot about China from them.
      I am going to make a presentation about Japanese e-commerce and how to introduce Kyoto traditional culture in the Global market using the Internet technology. I would like to research about the relationship between Chinese traditional culture and Internet, too, when I would visit in China in December. If you have any suggestion about this theme, please let me know.

To become a student again

    After graduation from MBA, I have entered the Ph.D. course at same graduate school soon. People said why you continued to study so hard with your job, which I was running my company. It is hard, but I have realized that studying was enjoy. I have not done the research activity for long time, after my university age. It was completely different from the previous one. It was kind of duty, but now it's my choice. It meas that you can chose you don't go to university. Anyway, I will study at the university as a Ph.D. student with three class mates. I was surprised I was the youngest among them.

    I will have five classes for the first year and now I have started to study by myself going to the library to find the appropriate books for my theme of the doctoral dissertation. Today, I went to the library at the different university near my house. It is "Kanseigakuin University" which was related with my university in Kyoto. We can use the laboratories with the four well-known private universities in Kansai area in Japan. This library is much bigger than that of our university.Today, there were so many people in the campus, because it is the beginning time of school year and students have to come to university to registrate your classes for the year. I will report the activities of my part time Ph.D. student in Kyoto.