Masahiko Aoki
Henri and Tomoye Takahashi Professor of Japanese Studies (Emeritus)
Contact Info:
[email protected]
http://www.stanford.edu/~aoki/
Page in Stanford Directory
Phone: 650-723-3975
Office: FSI, Encina 314
Office hours:
Interests
- Research:
Comparative Institutional Analysis, Corporate Governance, Japanese and Chinese economies.
- Current Research:
Game-theoretic approach to institutional change. Societal games (social political and organizational) that corporations play. Corporation as embodying the group-level cognition system and its implication to corporate governance.
- Teaching:
Modern firm; theory and practice, the Japanese economy, comparative analysis of institutions and organizations.
- Professional Affiliations:
International Economic Association (President, 2008-11), AEA, Econometric Society (Fellow), Japanese Economic Association (Past President), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies (Founding Editor), Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Science (Fellow)
Recent Publications
(1) “Toward a Comparative Institutional Analysis,” MIT Press, 2001
(2) “Understanding an Emergent Diversity of Corporate Governance and Organizational Architecture: An Essentiality-based Approach,” Industrial and Corporate Change, No. 1, 2008
(3) “Corporate Governance in Japan: Institutional Change and Organizational Diversity,” Oxford University Press, 2007, University Press, 2001
List of Stanford Working Papers
Current Courses
Education
BA, MA, University of Tokyo, Ph.D University of Minnesota