Seiji Manabe
Curriculum Vitae (May 23, 2014)
Contact Information
Faculty of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University
79-4, Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, Japan
E-Mail: manabe-seiji@nifty.com
Education
Kobe University, Graduate School of Business Administration, Japan
DBA., Management, October 2001
M. A., Management, March 1998
Ritsumeikan University, College of Economics, Japan
B. A., Economics, March 1996
Work Experience
Faculty of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
Professor

2013-present

Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Senior Researcher/Visiting Researcher

2011-2013

Faculty of Business Administration, Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan
Associate Professor 2004-2013
Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Assistant Professor 2002-2004
Osaka Prefectural Institute for Advanced Industry Development, Osaka, Japan
Researcher (part-time)

1999-2002

Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Research Assistant

1999-2000

Research Interests
In the automobile industry…
Open Strategy & Open Innovation
Supplier System (especially Design-in)Inter-firm TrustInter-organizational Learning
R&D Co-location

Memberships
Member, Academy of Management, USA (AOM)
Member, Academic Association for Organizational Science, Japan (Soshiki Gakkai)Member, Japan Academy of International Business Studies, Japan (Kokusai Bijinesu Kenkyu

Gakkai)Publication (Journal Article)
Seiji Manabe, Nobuyuki Mochizuki and Masaru Takahashi,“Gijyutsu yuui kyouka no management”[Managing the Strengthening of a Technological Advantage : The Case of WORKS Co., Ltd],

Yokohama Keiei Kenkyuu[Yokohama Business Review], Vol.33, No.3, 2012(in Japanese).
Seiji Manabe, “ R&D kanrenbumon no butsuriteki kinsetsusei niyoru gyakukinou no hassei
mekanizumu”[The Emergence of Dysfunction in R&D Co-location : A Case Study on NissanMortor], Soshiki Kagaku [Organizational Science], Vo.45, No.3, 2012 (in Japanese).
Nobuyuki Mochizuki, Masaru Takahashi and Seiji Manabe, “ Gijyutsu yuui kouchiku nomanagement”[Managing the Building of a Technological Advantage : The Case of KONGO Co.,
Ltd], Yokohama Keiei Kenkyuu[Yokohama Business Review], Vol.32, No.1, 2011(in Japanese).
Seiji Manabe and Masanori Yasumoto,“Open Innovation no shyosou”[Reconsidering the Versatilityof Open Innovation : A literature survey], Kenkyuu gijyutsu keikaku [The Journal of Science

Policy and Research Management], Vol.25, No.1, 2010(in Japanese).
Masato Morita, Hiroshi Mogaki and Seiji Manabe,“ICT start up kigyou no kaigai sijou sannyu”[Overseas Market Entry by ICT Start-ups : The Trap of High-Tech "Born Global" Firms],
Kokusai Business Kenkyuu [Journal of International Business], Vol.2, No.2, 2010(in Japanese).
Sam Kurokawa, Seiji Manabe and Bordin Rassameethes, “Determinants of EDI Adoption andIntegration by U.S. and Japanese Automobile Suppliers,” Journal of Organizational Computing

and Electronic Commerce, Vol.18, No.1, pp.1-33, 2008.
Seiji Manabe, Kenzo Fujisue and Sam Kurokawa, “A Comparative Analysis of EDI Integration in US
and Japanese Automobile Suppliers,” International Journal of Technology Management, Vol.30
No.3/4, 2005.
Takenaka Atsuo and Seiji Manabe, “Nihon kigyou ni okeru Kaigai-Kenkyukaihatsu no Sokushin
Youin: Denki-kiki Maker no Bunseki” [The Driving Factors of Overseas R&D by Japanese Firms:

An Empirical Study of Electronics Industry], Kenkyuu gijyutsu keikaku [The Journal of Science

Policy and Research Management], Vol.18, No.3/4, 2003 (in Japanese).
Seiji Manabe, “kigyoukanshinrai no koutiku to sapuraiya sisutemu: Nihon Jidousya Sangyou noBunseki” [Building Interfirm Trust in the Japanese Automobile Industry], Yokohama KeieiKenkyu [Yokohama Business Review], Vol.25, No.2/3, 2004 (in Japanese).
Seiji Manabe, “Sapuraiya sisutemu ni okeru EDI no Tougou to kouka: nichibei Jidousya Sangyou noHikaku” [EDI Integration and EDI Effectiveness in Supplier Systems: An Empirical Comparisonof Japan-U.S. Automobile Industries], The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi [Journal of Economics &Business Administration], Vol.190, No.5, 2004 (in Japanese).
Seiji Manabe and Kentaro Nobeoka, “Shinrai no gensen to sono Ruikeika” [Sources of Trust: ATypology], The Kokumin-Keizai Zasshi [Journal of Economics & Business Administration],Vol.187, No.5, 2003 (in Japanese).
Seiji Manabe and Kentaro Nobeoka, “Network shinrai no kouchiku: Toyota jidosya no soshikikan
gakusyu shisutemu” [Network Trust and Inter-organizational Learning System: The Toyota
Case], Hitotsubashi bijinesu rebyu [Hitotsubashi Business Review], Vol.50, No.3, 2002 (inJapanese).
Seiji Manabe, “kigyoukan kyoutyou ni okeru shinrai to pawa no kouka” [The Effcts of Trust andPower in Inter-firm Cooperation: The Case of The Japanese Automobile Industry], Soshiki

Kagaku [Organizational Science], Vo.36, No.1, 2002 (in Japanese).
Kentaro Nobeoka and Seiji Manabe, “Soshikikan-gakusyu niokeru Kankeitekishinrai no Yakuwari:
Nihon Jidousyasanngyou no Jirei” [The Role of Relationship-Oriented Trust in Inter-firm
Learning in the Japanese Automobile Industry], Keizaikeieikenkyunenpou [Annual Report onEconomics and Business Administration], No.50, 2000 (in Japanese).
SeijiManabe,“JidousyaBuhin

Torihikiniokeru

Shinraitanpomekanizumu”[GovernanceMechanisms of Trust in Automotive Supplier-Assembler Relations], The Rokkoudai Ronsyu,Keieigaku-Hen, Vol.45, No.2, 1998 (in Japanese).