Faculty Information - ALCANTARA Lailani Laynesa

■ Education

1.	2004/04～2007/03	〔Doctorial Course〕, University of Tsukuba, Completed, PhD in Management
2.	2002/04～2004/03	〔Master Course〕, University of Tsukuba, Completed, MBA
3.	1998/04～2002/03	Development Studies, University of Tsukuba, Graduated

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2019/04～	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Professor
2.	2019/06～	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Center for Inclusive Leadership Director
3.	2018/08～2019/03	Cornell University Visiting Scholar
4.	2013/04	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Associate Professor
5.	2010/04～2013/03	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Assistant Professor
6.	2008/01～2009/12	East Texas Baptist University Assistant Professor
7.	2007/04～2007/12	University of Tsukuba Vising foreign research fellow
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■ Current specialized field

Management

■ Books and theses

1.	2023/06/06	Article	A heuristic perspective on factors that drive governments' approval of genetically modified crop commercialization Business and Society Review 128(2),pp.305-329 (Collaboration)
2.	2022/10/25	Book	Conforming while being distinct: The impact of social identity on perceived inclusion and business opportunity identification of Vietnamese entrepreneurs in Japan pp.81-99 (Collaboration)
3.	2022/10/25	Book	Diversity and Inclusion in Japan: Issues in Business and Higher Education (Collaboration)
4.	2022/10/25	Book	Diversity and inclusion orientation in Japanese companies: Does industry make a difference? pp.40-60 (Collaboration)
5.	2022/10/25	Book	Introduction: Enriching our discourse on diversity and inclusion in Japan pp.1-12 (Collaboration)
6.	2022/10/25	Book	The influence of workforce diversity on the financial performance of Japanese companies pp.61-80 (Collaboration)
7.	2022/10/25	Book	The transition of diversity and inclusion policies and corporate behavior in Japan pp.15-39 (Collaboration)
8.	2021/04	Article	Off the Rivals’ Radar in Emerging Market Segments: Non-Mutual Rival Recognition between New Firms and Incumbents Long Range Planning 54(2),pp.1-16 (Collaboration)
9.	2020/11	Article	The interplay between country-of-origin image and perceived brand localness: An examination of local consumers’ response to brand acquisitions by emerging market firms Journal of Marketing Communications (Collaboration)
10.	2020/09	Article	Diffusing Social Innovations in Philippine Apitourism Asia Pacific Social Science Review 20(3),pp.163-181 (Collaboration)
11.	2019/02	Article	A cross-country analysis of governments’ approval of genetically modified crops adoption and diffusion 30th Annual Conference of Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy Proceedings (Single)
12.	2018/07	Article	New Firms Getting off the Rivals’ Radar in Emerging Markets Academy of Management Proceedings (Collaboration)
13.	2018/05	Article	Should emerging firms say it loud? The effect of foreign acquisitions on the perceived value of acquired local brands 2018 AMA Global Marketing SIG Conference Proceedings (Collaboration)
14.	2017/11	Article	Off the Rivals’ Radar in Emerging Market Segments: New Firms Escaping Attention from Incumbents Strategic Management Society 27th Annual Conference Proceedings (Collaboration)
15.	2016/06	Book	Cloud Computing in Emerging Markets. Encyclopedia of Cloud Computing pp.664-675 (Collaboration)
16.	2016/01	Article	Drivers of cross-national variation in advertising spending: A longitudinal analysis of the effects of freedom and foreign direct investment Australasian Marketing Journal 24,pp.38-45 (Collaboration)
17.	2015/04	Book	Cyber-Threats and Cybersecurity Challenges: A cross-cultural perspective (Collaboration)
18.	2015/03	Article	Too Many to Handle? Two Types of Multimarket Contacts and Entry Decisions Management Decision 53(2),pp.354-374 (Collaboration)
19.	2015/02	Article	Features and Challenges of Diffusing Ubiquitous Services Proceedings of the 5th IAAPS Annual Conference (Collaboration)
20.	2014/12	Book	Fast Retailing’s revolutionary UNIQLO: “Made for All” in Armstrong/Kotler: Marketing, An Introduction (Forthcoming Global edition) (Single)
21.	2014/12	Book	Nintendo's Battle for Value Creation in Armstrong/Kotler: Marketing, An Introduction (Forthcoming Global edition) (Single)
22.	2014/11	Article	Development of a Smart City and its Adoption and Acceptance: the Case of New Songdo Communications & Strategies 96 (Collaboration)
23.	2014/03	Article	The Link between Societal Motivation and New Venture Performance: Evidence from Entrepreneurs in Japan Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship by Taylor & Francis 26(6),pp.623-641 (Collaboration)
24.	2014/02	Article	The Influence of Host Country Experience on Backward Venturing Journal of Transnational Management by Taylor & Francis 19(1),pp.3-23 (Collaboration)
25.	2013/10	Article	Cybercrime and Cybersecurity in the Global South Journal of Global Information Technology Management by Ivy League Publishing 16(4),pp.72-74 (Single)
26.	2013/05	Article	Dynamics of Entering Politically Risky Foreign Markets Management Research Review by Emerald 36(6),pp.580-595 (Collaboration)
27.	2012/12	Article	Make-or-Break Decisions in Choosing Foreign Direct Investment Locations Journal of International Management by Elsevier 18(4),pp.335-351 (Collaboration)
28.	2012/06	Article	An analysis of the antibiotic industry: An Innovator's dilemma? Journal of International Business Research by Allied Academies 11 (Collaboration)
29.	2012/04	Article	Drivers of Advertising Spending: Evidence from Cross-Country Analysis RCAPS Working Paper (Collaboration)
30.	2012/04	Article	Modes of acquiring host-country experience and performance of international joint ventures in Japan Asian Business & Management by Palgrave 11(2),pp.123-148 (Collaboration)
31.	2012/03	Article	The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Activities on Organizational Attractiveness across Different Cultures International Employment Relations Review 17(2),pp.37-54 (Collaboration)
32.	2011/10	Article	The Effects of Multimarket Contact on Foreign Market Entry RCAPS Working Paper 11(4) (Collaboration)
33.	2009/08	Article	Centrality advantage and the creation of distant ties by peripheral firms in vertical networks Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings (Collaboration)
34.	2008/08	Article	Buyer's Search for New Market Ties with Strangers Academy of Management Best Papers Proceedings (Collaboration)
35.	2008/01	Book	Costumer Value in a Dynamic Environment pp.226-240 (Collaboration)
36.	2006/12	Article	Legitimacy in International Joint Ventures: It is Still Needed Journal of International Management 12(4) (Collaboration)
37.	2005/07	Article	Growth and Ownership: Evidence from Foreign Manufacturing Affiliates in Japan Japanese Journal of Administrative Science 18(3) (Collaboration)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2017/10	Strategic Management Society
2.	2017/04	Academy of Management
3.	2017/04～2018/03	Academy of International Business
4.	2011/11～2012	Japanese Association of Administrative Science
5.	2011/11～2014/11	International Association for Asia Pacific Studies
6.	2007/04～2014/08	Academy of Management
7.	2005/04～2014/03	Academy of International Business
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2025/11	Responsible Research for Tomorrow’s Management (Second Asia Pacific Responsible Research Summit)
2.	2025/04	International Companies and the Social Sustainable Development Goals in Asia’s Global South: a Typology of Activities. (International Association for Business and Society Annual Conference)
3.	2025/04	Intersectionality in Women’s Entrepreneurship: A Systematic Literature Review. (International Association for Business and Society Annual Conference)
4.	2025/04	Reconciling impact: An analysis of B Corps as transnational movements. (International Association for Business and Society Annual Conference)
5.	2025/04	Varieties of Corporate Purpose: Insights from Five Asian Business Systems. (International Association for Business and Society Annual Conference)
6.	2024/04/24	Navigating Diversity and Inclusion in Japan: Implications for Business and Leadership (EoM-Hanyang Next Impact Forum)
7.	2024/02/21	Building Resilient Business Models (AACSB Deans Conference 2024)
8.	2023/08	Falling from Grace: Slow-fast Stereotyping and Ethical Scandals in the Fashion Industry (84th Annual Conference of the Academy of Management)
9.	2023/03/06	Book Break : “Diversity and Inclusion in Japan: Issues in Business and Higher Education” (Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan)
10.	2023/02/10	Creating Allyship for Authentic DEIB (Deans Conference)
11.	2022/12/03	The hybridity of social enterprises and their path to inclusion (Asia Pacific Conference 2022)
12.	2022/11/05	Refocusing Institutional Policies and Activities to Reflect “Local” DEIB Needs (Asia Pacific Annual Conference)
13.	2022/08	The Co-existence of Inclusion and Exclusion Experiences among Foreign Employees (83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management)
14.	2022/03/25	Align With Global Quality Standards in Business Education by Achieving AACSB Accreditation
15.	2022/02/23	Defining Inclusion and Contextualizing Knowledge (AACSB DEIB Regional Forums)
16.	2021/12/11	Diversity and inclusion orientation across industries in Japan: Implications for practice and research (47th European International Business Academy Annual Conference)
17.	2021/12/11	The Relationship between Internationalization Decisions and Sustainability Performance
18.	2020/11/25	What to know about inclusion and exclusion for foreign talents to thrive (HR Conference 2020)
19.	2020/11	Examining the motivational and strain factors of engagement: Inclusion, cognitive diversity, stress and bureaucracy (18th Asia Pacific Conference)
20.	2020/08	Gender differences in strategic orientations of social entrepreneurs’ strategies (International Association of Business & Society 2020 Virtual Conference)
21.	2020/08	Towards responsible management: Exploring the inclusion and exclusion of global talents in Japan (International Association of Business & Society 2020 Virtual Conference)
22.	2019/10	Inclusivity in Social Entrepreneurship Strategy (17th Asia Pacific Conference)
23.	2019/03	Diffusing social innovations through coopetition: The case of a social enterprise in a nascent market (2019 Annual Conference of International Academy of Business & Society)
24.	2019/02	A cross-country analysis of governments’ approval of genetically modified crops adoption and diffusion (30th Annual Conference of Australia and New Zealand International Business Academy)
25.	2018/05	Should emerging firms say it loud? The effect of foreign acquisitions on the perceived value of acquired local brands (2018 AMA Global Marketing SIG Conference)
26.	2017/11	Competitive Asymmetry for New Firms: Identifying Rivals while Remaining Unrecognized by Them (15th Asia Pacific Conference)
27.	2017/10	Off the Rivals’ Radar in Emerging Market Segments: New Firms Escaping Attention from Incumbents, (Strategic Management Society 27th Annual Conference,)
28.	2016/11/06	Global niche marketing (31st The Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Conference)
29.	2016/08/10	Data Privacy Laws and Online Advertising: Evidence from Longitudinal Country-Level Data (ISMD 14th Biennial Conference)
30.	2014/11	Features and Challenges of Diffusing Ubiquitous Services (5th IAAPS Annual Conference)
31.	2014/11	U-services in U-cities (Korean Economics Business Association Annual Conference)
32.	2014/08	Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity (Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum)
33.	2014/03	Diffusion of Biotech Crop Innovations Across Countries (2014 Spring Academy of Business Research Conference)
34.	2014/03	Linking the Development of U-cities to Entrepreneurship (2014 Spring Academy of Business Research Conference)
35.	2014/03	The Entrepreneurial Dimension of Smart Sustainable Cities: Evidence from South Korea (ITU/UNESCO Forum on Smart Sustainable Cities)
36.	2014/02	National Adoption of Innovation: The Case of GMOs (International Conference on Business, Economics, and Information Technology)
37.	2014/01	A Cross-Country Analysis of Entrepreneurship Education: Implications for Japan (APUGSM 2014 Winter Conference)
38.	2013/11	Global Niche Marketing: The Case of Ability Enterprise (4th IAAPS Annual Conference)
39.	2013/09	Diffusion of cloud computing among SMEs in emerging markets (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in a Globalized World)
40.	2013/03	Foreign Direct Investment Location Choice (Research Seminar: Performance of Asian and Japanese Companies)
41.	2012/03/21	An Analysis of the Antibiotic Industry: An Innovator's Dilemma? (International Conference on Business, Economics, and Information Technology)
42.	2012/02/27	The effects of societal motivation on innovation and legitimacy of new ventures (CIBMP's Annual conference on Innovations in Business and Management & Doctoral Symposium)
43.	2011/10/27	A Multiplity of Multimarket Competition in Foreign Direct Investment Decisions (2011 Academy of International Business Southeast USA Conference)
44.	2008/06	The effects of risks, competition, business group affiliation and international experience heterogeneity on foreign market entry decisions by Japanese automotive suppliers (Association of Japanese Business Studies Annual Conference)
45.	2008/06	When Do Firms Enter Risky Foreign Markets? Academy of International Business (Academy of International Business Annual Conference)
46.	2007/06	Attributes of Operating Experience and Failure of International Joint Ventures (Academy of International Business Annual Conference)
47.	2007/04	Offshoring-Led Institutional Changes in Emerging Economies: A Conceptual Framework (8th Annual International Business Research Forum)
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■ Works

1.	2023/01/23	Qualitative Research Journey (University of South-Eastern Norway)
2.	2021/11/23	Diversity and Inclusion Paving the Way for the Future of Japan
3.	2019/12/01	What is Inclusive Leadership and Why it Matters?

■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2013/04～2016/03	Research on institution-building for GNT enterprise development based on analysis of GNT enterprise growth mechanisms (Key Word : )
2.	2013/04～2016/03	Theories and Empirical Analyses about Organizational Attention Seeking (Key Word : )
3.	2013/04～2016/03	Theory and Analysis toward Strategic Innovation Diffusion (Key Word : )
4.	2013～2015	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B (individual) (Key Word : )
5.	2012～2014	To investigate the creation and performance outcomes of social capital (Key Word : social capital, innovation, international expansion)
6.	2012～2013	To investigate the influence of institutional structures on technology adoption (Key Word : institutions, technology adoption)
7.	2010～2011	A Multilevel Approach to the Dynamics of Industry Legitimation (Key Word : )
8.	2010～2011	APU Research Subsidy (Key Word : )
9.	2010～2011	Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (Key Word : )
10.	2010～2011	To analyze the dynamics of legitimation and competition (Key Word : legitimacy, competition, new industry)
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■ Awards and honors

1.	2024	Runner-up for the Best Paper Best Research Methods Paper Award, Academy of International Business (AIB), 2024
2.	2017/11	Best Paper Award Nomination by the Strategic Management Society
3.	2017/11	Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing awarded by Elsevier
4.	2014/03	Highly Commended Paper, Emerald
5.	2008/06	Palgrave-MacMillan/AJBS Best Paper Award Finalist
6.	2006/11	Young Scholar Award
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■ Qualification and licenses

1.	2019/09/20	Diversity and Inclusion for HR, Cornell University
2.	2018/09/01	Mindset Certified Trainer
3.	2018	Creative Thinking, Harvard University
4.	2018	Managing Oneself and Leading Others, Harvard University
5.	2015	Harvard Case Method Teaching
6.	1997/12	Japanese Language Proficiency Test Level 1 (Highest Level)
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■ Educational ability

● Made textbook and teaching material
1.	2013/03	Branding in the Cut Flower Industry: Suntory’s APPLAUSE and Moondust
2.	2013/03	Marketing and Management Examples: Abico Group, Ability, and Environmental Technology Service
3.	2015/02	The Buy-One-Give-One Model of Social Entrepreneurship: The Case of Table for Two
4.	2014/12	Principles of Marketing16th edition
● Matter that should be mentioned specially in others educational activity
1.	2017/02	Review of a textbook published by Pearson

■ Professional contribution to Society

1.

2020/01

Science Council of Japan Workshop: To wear different hats in Japan