Doctoral Case Studies on Corporate Management Strategies and Business Models

Academic unit or major

Entrepreneurship courses

Instructor(s)

Akira Izumi / Sachiko Ito / Koji Wakayama

Class Format

Lecture (Livestream)

Media-enhanced courses

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Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

7-8 Tue

Class

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Course Code

ENT.P651(LAC.P651)

Number of credits

100

Course offered

2024

Offered quarter

4Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 17, 2025

Language

Japanese

※ Courses with parentheses in the course number have different subject codes depending on the student's year of admission.

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

In order to become leaders in industry after completing the doctoral degree program, students must have a wide-ranging understanding not only of technology, but also of corporate strategy, finance, innovation and human capital management.

The purpose of this course is to understand how technology, social environment, policies, laws and regulations, and corporate management affect the business cases discussed. Students are required to find out from business cases what is useful or applicable in building their future careers, even if they are not necessarily related to their specialty or future career paths.
Classes are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.

This course is classified as a "livestream" with direct teaching by Zoom. Therefore, students are required to attend every lecture in real time. If students are unable to attend regularly due to other activities such as laboratory seminars or other lectures, do not take this course.

Prior to taking the course, please make sure that you have downloaded the latest version of the Zoom application. (Avoid connecting with browsers such as Chrome as it may be unstable or have limited functionality.) To maintain your concentration, the connected device is preferable to be the one with a larger display, such as a PC and tablet. A camera and a microphone should be available for interactive lectures.

In order to avoid being unable to attend lectures in real time once a class starts due to a poor communication environment, prior to taking the course, students must ensure an internet environment with a speed of 600 kbps/1.2 Mbps (upload/download) or higher, without worrying about data volume during lecture time.

This course has been offered from Academic Year 2023.

Course description and aims

Students who take this course acquire the followings;
1) Understand of corporate strategy, finance, innovation and human capital management with case studies as essential knowledge necessary for job-hunting and building their own careers subsequently.
2) Understand how technology, the social environment, policies, rules, and corporate management affect business, based on case studies.
3) Based on 1) and 2) above, develop the ability to consider how they would think and act if they were in corporate management or business, as your own matter.
4) As being leading positions in industry in the future, realize the importance of corporate strategy, finance, innovation and human capital management and get a motivation to continue their studies even after completing the course.

Student learning outcomes

実務経験と講義内容との関連 (又は実践的教育内容)

Faculty members with abundant practical experience at central government offices, universities, and companies provide practical education by introducing business cases based on their own research and experience.

Keywords

business, corporate strategy, finance, innovation, human capital management

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Classes will be on-line via Zoom. Students are required to participate in real time in principle, in order to make sure interactivity between the lecturers and students in the class.

In classes, PowerPoint presentations will be used, with many examples and charts to facilitate understanding. Students are encouraged to actively participate in the class by joining Zoom polling, discussions, and asking questions.

An assignment will be given in each class, and students will be required to write and submit a report. The reports will be reflected in the evaluation and their contents should be something that students can refer back to in the future as they build their own careers.
Feedback on submitted reports that would be valuable for students to share will be provided at a later date, with comments from lecturers when necessary.

lecturers;
　ITO Sachiko, Professor, Director, Student Support Center, Science Tokyo
　IZUMI Akira, Specially Appointed Professor, Career Development Section, Center for Entrepreneurship Education, Science Tokyo

※The order and the content of the classes may be changed.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

No textbook. In principle, lecture materials prepared by the lecturers will be uploaded to T2SCHOLA in advance of each class.

Reference books, course materials, etc.

All reference books are written in Japanese, so please refer to the syllabus in Japanese.

Evaluation methods and criteria

An assignment is given in each class and the students are required to attend it in real time, and write and submit a report on it. The reports submitted by the due date will be evaluated with the same weight for each class on how deeply they consider the assignment and how well they describe the results of their consideration.

Related courses

• ENT.C601(LAC.C601) ： Doctoral Career Design

Prerequisites

A device to connect to Zoom is necessary. (preferably a PC, tablet, or other device with as larger display.) Make sure you have downloaded the latest version of Zoom application.
Ensure an Internet environment with a speed of 600 kbps/1.2 Mbps (upload/download) or higher, without worrying about data volume, during lecture time.

Classes are delivered in Japanese, so students should have Japanese language skills enough to understand the content of the classes.
For assignment reports, both English and Japanese are acceptable.

Other

The corresponding GA for this course is GA1D.

For inquiries regarding Entrepreneurship Courses (for students enrolled in AY2024) ,and Career Development Courses (for students enrolled in or before AY2023), please contact us at: Center for Entrepreneurship Education (CEE) (e-mail: cee.info@jim.titech.ac.jp )