Faculty Information - KANAI Shusuke

■ Education

1.	2010/04～2012/03	Graduate School Division of Commerce, Waseda University, Completed, Master of Business Administration
2.	1985/04～1990/03	Department of Political Science, Faculty of Laws, Doshisha University, Graduated, Bachelor of Law

■ Academic and professional experience

1.	2012/04～	Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Education Development Learning Support Center Associate Professor
2.	2008/02～2009/03	Sony Corporation Corporate Communications senior manager
3.	2002/02～2008/02	Sony Europe HQ (London, UK) Corporate Communications senior manager
4.	1997/01～2002/02	Sony Corporation Product & Technology PR, Corporate Communications manager
5.	1992/08～1996/12	Sony Corporation China Department, General Area Sales & Marketing
6.	1990/08～1992/07	Sony Marketing
7.	1990/04～1990/07	Sony Corporation Domestic Sales Division
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■ Current specialized field

Business Administration, Pedagogy (Key Word：competitive strategy, creative industry, film business, electronics industry, career education)

■ Books and theses

1.	2023/06	Article	Case Study: Creating Multi-layered Human Resources in Fuji TV's Live-Action Film Production Business Journal of Applied Management 60,pp.127-142 (Single)
2.	2022/03	Article	A Study on the Strategic Perspective on the Film Production Business of Fuji Television Company: The Way of Development from Managerial Resources for　TV Drama Production to Film Production　between 1995 and 2010 East Asian Studies 1(No. 30),pp.47-68 (Single)
3.	2022/01	Article	A Study on the Classification of Film Production Strategies of Japanese TV Broadcasting Companies Journal of Japan Association for Performance Excellence Online 7(1),pp.41-50 (Single)
4.	2020/03	Article	"unique customer value in small local cinema: Cinematheque Takasaki in Takasaki: A theater took root in the city from its film festival." nippon.com (Single)
5.	2020/02	Article	"unique customer value in small local cinema: Hacchoza in Hiroshima: Management that makes both customers and employees happy" nippon.com (Single)
6.	2020/01	Article	"Unique customer value in small local cinema: Cinema 5 in Oita: Profitable since its opening, enthusiastically supported by core fans." nippon.com (Single)
7.	2015/12	Article	An Early History of Thailand's Electronics Industrialization : Subsidiaries Evolution and Industrialization Strategy of Thailand The Journal of Tokyo Keizai University : Economics 287,pp.193-220 (Collaboration)
8.	2015/12	Article	The Origin of Korean Industrialisation Strategy Early History of Korea's Catch-Up Industrialisation Asian Economic Review vol.73(no.2),pp.145-167 (Collaboration)
9.	2015/09	Article	Global Education - Practice and Issues of Active Learning (From the Programs of Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University) Journal of the Japan Association for Developmental Education vol.10(no.2),pp.171-182 (Collaboration)
10.	2015/03	Article	A study of film business histories KANAI Shusuke of Japanese television broadcasting companies and the process of creating managerial resources for them East Asian Studies vol.17,pp.43-62 (Single)
11.	2015/03	Article	Differentiation strategies of small independent local cinemas - A case study of managerial resources in three cinemas in Kyushu - Journal of Cultural Economics pp.88-104 (Single)
12.	2014/09	Article	Diverse Global Education in Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University Journal of the Japan Association for Developmental Education vol.9(no.1),pp.29-36 (Collaboration)
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■ Academic or professional association memberships

1.	2012/06	Japan Association for Performance Excellence
2.	2014/10	Japan Society of East Asian Studies
3.	2012/06	Japan Association for Cultural Economics
4.	2023/02～	The Japan Society of Information and Communication Research
5.	2022/04～	Society for Serviceology
6.	2019/04～	Japan Association for Media, Journalism, and Communication Studies
7.	2013/12	Career Design Institute Japan
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■ Conference presentations

1.	2024/11/30	Case Studies of Four Successful Local Cinemas in Japan - How to Create Unique Customer Value - (The 22nd Asia Pacific Conference 2024)
2.	2024/03/06	A Study on Value Creation in A Small Local Independent Cinema (Society for Serviceology The 12th Domestic Conference)
3.	2023/12/03	A Study on the Context-based Value Creation of a Small Local Independent Cinema in Japan (The 21st Asia Pacific Conference 2023)
4.	2023/07/09	A Case Study on value creation of Small Local Independent Cinemas in Japan (The 48th JSICR Conference, Spring 2023)
5.	2022/12/04	The Mechanism of Value Creation in Small Local Cinemas in Japan (The 20th Asia Pacific Conference 2022)
6.	2022/11/19	Case Study: Strategic Construction of Human Resources in Fuji Television's Live-Action Film Production Business (Japan Society for Applied Management Kansai conference No.79)
7.	2022/07/03	Building Human and Organizational Resources in the Live-Action Film Production Business: A Study of Fuji Television during 1995 - 2010 (Japan Association for Cultural Economics 2022 Conference)
8.	2021/12/05	Customer Value Creation in a Small Local Cinema : Qualitative Analysis of Cine Vita in Oita, Japan – purification and reflectivity (The 19th Asia Pacific Conference 2021)
9.	2020/11/15	“Customer Value Creation: A Case Study of Small Local Cinemas in Japan” (The 18th Asian Pacific Conference 2020)
10.	2020/10/23	“Customer Value Creation: A Case Study of Small Local Cinemas in Japan” (Southwest Conference on Asian Studies in 2020)
11.	2019/12/01	A Study on the Mechanism of Customer Value Creation in Japanese Small Local Cinemas (The 17th Asia Pacific Conference 2019)
12.	2019/06/29	Customer Value Creation, Marketing Strategy and Management Resources -The Cases of Small Local Cinemas - (Japan Association of Cultural Economics Conference 2019)
13.	2018/12/01	Customer Value in Small Local Cinemas (The 16th Asia Pacific Conference 2018)
14.	2017/11/11	The strategy of Japanese small local cinemas: Discussion of the customer value (The 15th Asia Pacific Conference 2017)
15.	2017/03/04	The Effects of Invitation Programs for Working People in University Career Education on Fostering Career Vision in Students (The Japan Association for Developmental Education The 9th Kyushu-Okinawa Section Conference (2016))
16.	2016/11/15	A Study on Customer Value Creation of Small Local Cinemas (Japan Association for Performance Excellence)
17.	2016/11/06	A Study on Customer Value Creation of Small Independent Cinemas in Rural Areas (The 14th Asia Pacific Conference 2016)
18.	2016/03/16	The Effectiveness and Challenges of a Practitioner Invitation Program in University Career Education: A Case Study of Education at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (The Japanese Society for the Study of Career Education(JSSCE) The 38th Research Conference)
19.	2015/04/23	How to create customer value in independent local cinemas 23rd April, 2015, East Asia Academy, at Seinan Gakuin University (The Japan Society of East Asian Studies (JSEAS) 　The 64th Annual Research Conference)
20.	2014/11/23	A University-Wide Corporate Analysis Skills Training Program for the Purpose of Job Hunting in University Career Education: A Case Study Using Management Strategies at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University. (The Japanese Society for the Study of Career Education(JSSCE)　　The 36th Conference)
21.	2014/11/22	Strategic Research on Film Production Business by TV Stations (Japan Association for Performance Excellence 2014 Annual Fall Conference)
22.	2014/07/06	A Case Study of Independent Small-Scale Cinema Management in Rural Areas (Japan Association for Cultural Economics Research Conference in 2014)
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■ Research topic, funded research and KAKENHI

1.	2020/04～2024/03	Customer Value Creation Mechanism in Small Local Cinemas: A Comparative Study of Japan and the UK (Key Word : customer value creation, small local cinema, competitive strategy, ethnography)
2.	2017/04～2020/03	A Comparative Study on Customer Value Creation Mechanism of Small Local Independent Cinemas in Japan and the UK (Key Word : customer value　creation, small local cinema, competitive strategy, ethnography)
3.	2016/04～2017/03	how to create customer value in local cinema business (Key Word : local cinema, film business, competitive strategy, resource based view, customer value)

■ Professional contribution to Society

1.	2016/03	Nikkei newspaper article dated 4th March, 2016 "the direction of APU"
2.	2015/08	Yomiuri newspaper article dated 4th August, 2015 "single screen cinemas increased their loyal customers" media interview: Nikkei newspaper dated 5th March, 2016 "the direction of APU"

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