Updated on 2024/12/21

Affiliation
Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Social Sciences
Job title
Professor
Degree
Master of Commerce ( Hitotsubashi University )
Ph. D. in Commerce ( Hitotsubashi University )

Committee Memberships

  • 2021.09
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    Now

    The Academic Association for Organizational Science  Associate Editor in Organizational Science (Japan)

  • 2018.07
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    Now

    Forum for Entrepreneurial Studies  Associate Editor in Entrepreneurial Studies (Japan)

  • 2016.09
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    Now

    Japan Academy of Business Administration  Associate Editor in Journal of Business Management (Japan)

  • 2013.09
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    Now

    The Academic Association for Organizational Science  Board Member

  • 2017.09
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    2019.08

    The Academic Association for Organizational Science  Council Member

Research Areas

  • Business administration

Research Interests

  • Innovation Management

  • Management of Technology

  • Product Architecture

  • Supply Chain Management

  • Keiretsu

  • Automobile Industry

  • Crowdfunding

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Awards

  • Best referee award

    2022.10   The Academic Association for Organizational Science  

    Winner: Genjiro Kosaka

  • Nominee, SMS Annual Conference Research Methods Paper Prize

    2021.09  

    Winner: Genjiro Kosaka

  • Takamiya Award

    2016.06   The Academic Association for Organizational Science  

    Winner: Genjiro Kosaka

Media Coverage

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Papers

  • Idea Work Beyond Organizational Boundaries: Framing and Reframing Projects on a Crowdfunding Platform

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yuki Tsuboyama, Takahiro Endo

    Research in the Sociology of Organizations   Forthcoming  2024  [Refereed]  [International journal]

    Authorship:Lead author, Corresponding author

  • マクアケ:クラウドファンディングを超えたビジネスモデルの構築

    小阪玄次郎, 坪山雄樹, 遠藤貴宏

    一橋ビジネスレビュー   71 ( 2 )  2023.09

    Authorship:Lead author

  • What social issues do people invest in? An examination based on the empathy–altruism hypothesis of prosocial crowdfunding platforms

    Koichi Nakagawa, Genjiro Kosaka

    Technovation   114  2022  [Refereed]  [International journal]

    Authorship:Corresponding author

  • Realising partial mirroring in a component specialised firm: evidence from the hard disk drive industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Technology Analysis & Strategic Management   34 ( 9 ) 989 - 1003  2022  [Refereed]  [International journal]

  • Show Me the Recognition! Effects of Recognition on Employee Engagement and Job Embeddedness

    Yoshio Yanadori, Genjiro Kosaka, Takahiro Endo

    The Journal of Total Rewards   29 ( 4 ) 85 - 96  2020.11  [Invited]

  • Stars in Teams: Their Implications for Non-Stars' Work Autonomy and Job Performance

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yoshio Yanadori, Takahiro Endo

    Academy of Management Proceedings    2020.07  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Lead author

  • The vertical keiretsu advantage in the era of Westernization in the Japanese automobile industry: investigation from transaction cost economics and a resource-based view

    Genjiro Kosaka, Koichi Nakagawa, Seiji Manabe, Mizuki Kobayashi

    Asian Business & Management   19 ( 1 ) 36 - 61  2020  [Refereed]

    Authorship:Lead author

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  • Entrepreneurial start-ups connecting to existing companies with new technologies: The market research industry in Japan

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Organizational Science   52 ( 2 ) 59 - 69  2018.12  [Refereed]

  • Revitalizing Existing Technology by a New Entrant: The Rise of Ise Electronics and the Vacuum Fluorescent Display Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Organizational science   48 ( 4 ) 60 - 70  2015.06  [Refereed]

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    In a period of technological changes, new entrants to an industry are able to take advantage of emerging technologies, while incumbent firms have difficulty following trends. This study examines the position of new entrants that develop existing technologies, by exploring the historical case of radical technological change from vacuum tube to transistor technology in the case of Ise Electronics. The study investigates the innovation process involved in extending an existing technology through an entrepreneurial venture. This case analysis suggests that the extension of existing technologies is made possible by developing them and embedding them in products utilizing an emerging technology, and that bridges between old and new technologies can be built through personal and professional connections formed within an existing industry.

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  • How Did Silicon Valley Innovate Itself? : Enactment Process in Business Ecosystem

    Koichi Nakagawa, Hiroyuki Fukuchi, Genjiro Kosaka, Atsushi Akiike, Mizuki Kobayashi, Toshio Kobayashi

    Journal of Business Management   34 ( 34 ) 3 - 14  2014.12  [Refereed]

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    This study investigates a microfoundation of the structural change of business ecosystem. While previous studies point out environmental shocks and subsequent entrepreneurial behaviors, we focus on the effect of several actors' interactions within the ecosystem. By using the concept of Weick (1979)' s enactment, we build up the chain reaction framework of multiplayers' interpretation and action. Through an in-depth case study of the transition of Silicon Valley ecosystem from an IPO-centered model to a M&A-centered one, we illustrates how startups, established business companies, venture capitals and research institutes interact each other and how those interactions effect on ecosystem transition.

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  • A Comparative Study on R&D Organizations in Specialized Manufacturer and Generalized Manufacturer: A Case Analysis in the Vacuum Fluorescent Display Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Organizational Science   48 ( 1 ) 78 - 91  2014.09  [Refereed]

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    It is often pointed out that a specialized manufacturer ("specialist") is more competitive than a generalized manufacturer ("generalist"). This paper examines how a specialist could maintain long-term competitive advantages, especially in the technological development. An explanatory case study was conducted by comparing a small specialist Futaba and a big generalist NEC in the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) industry.<BR>Based on the analysis of patent data at the firm level and the individual level, two types of R&D organizations were identified: a successive, crosssectoral and closely cooperated R&D organization in Futaba and an R&D organization in which personnel can be flexibly reallocated in NEC. NEC's composition of four technological fields of VFD radically changed, while Futaba's remained stable. This finding is different from the common understanding that typical Japanese big firms have succeeded in incremental innovations by a close-knit group of engineers. Instead, this paper demonstrates that the technological capability that is characteristic of Japanese firms has been maintained in a small specialist.

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  • 研究開発組織における多様性とイノベーション : セラミックコンデンサ業界を事例として

    小阪玄次郎

    一橋大学大学院商学研究科博士論文    2010.03

  • Resilience, Keiretsu and Dependence on Buyers: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Academy of Management Proceedings    2023.08

  • サイバーエージェント:新事業を生み出す「競争と協調」の企業文化

    遠藤貴宏, 小阪玄次郎

    一橋ビジネスレビュー   68 ( 2 ) 128 - 143  2020.09

  • Unraveling the Microfoundations of the “Mirroring”: Evidence from the Hard Disk Drive Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Academy of Management Proceedings    2017.11  [Refereed]

  • A Comparative Study on R&D Organizations in Specialized Manufacturer and Generalized Manufacturer: A Case Analysis in the Vacuum Fluorescent Display Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Annals of Organizational Science   49 ( 5 ) 1 - 18  2017  [Invited]

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    <p>It is often noted that a specialized manufacturer (or "specialist") is more competitive than a generalized manufacturer (or "generalist"). This paper examines how a specialist could maintain a long−term competitive advantage, and especially in technological development. An explanatory case study was conducted by comparing a small specialist, Futaba Corporation and a large generalist, NEC, in the vacuum fluorescent display (VFD) industry.<BR>Two types of R&D organizations were identified based on an analysis of firm−level and individual−level patent data: a successive, cross−sectoral, and closely cooperative R&D organization in Futaba, and an R&D organization in which personnel can be flexibly reallocated in NEC. The composition of NEC's four technological VFD fields radically changed, while Futaba Corporation's remained stable. This finding differs from the common understanding that typical large Japanese firms have succeeded in incremental innovation using a close−knit group of engineers. This paper instead demonstrates that the technological capability characteristic of Japanese firms has been maintained by a small specialist. </p>

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  • モルフォ:東大発ベンチャーの10年 手ブレ補正ソフトウェアによる起業からグローバル展開まで

    小阪玄次郎, 上智大学小阪ゼミナール

    一橋ビジネスレビュー   63 ( 3 ) 126 - 135  2015.12  [Refereed]

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  • 市場調査業界:ネットリサーチの登場と新旧企業の攻防

    小阪玄次郎, 上智大学小阪ゼミナール

    一橋ビジネスレビュー   62 ( 2 ) 114 - 129  2014.09

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  • Levels Issues in Innovation Research

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Sophia Economic Review   58 ( 1・2 ) 209 - 217  2013.03

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  • A Cycle of Standardization and Incremental Innovation : Mabuchi Motor's Stantardization Strategy Revisited

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Hitotsubashi journal of social sciences   34 ( 2 ) 17 - 30  2009.07

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  • Individual and group features affecting the performance of an R&D organization: a literature review on diversity and temporal change

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Hitotsubashi review of commerce and management   4 ( 1 ) 24 - 34  2009.05  [Refereed]

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  • 伊勢電子工業:蛍光表示管の開発・事業化

    小阪玄次郎, 武石彰

    IIRケーススタディ   ( CASE#08-05 ) 1 - 23  2008.09

  • TDK:積層セラミックコンデンサの開発

    小阪玄次郎, 武石彰

    IIRケーススタディ   ( CASE#08-01 ) 1 - 26  2008.01

  • "Local" Synergy in a Specialized Manufacturer : A Case Analysis of the Vacuum Fluorescent Display Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Hitotsubashi journal of social sciences   32 ( 1 ) 1 - 14  2007.04

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Books and Other Publications

  • 「行為の経営学」の新展開:因果メカニズムの解明がひらく研究の可能性

    加藤俊彦, 佐々木将人( Part: Contributor, 第3章)

    白桃書房  2023.12 ISBN: 9784561161875

  • 経営戦略

    井上達彦, 中川功一, 川瀨真紀( Part: Contributor, 第16章、第17章)

    中央経済社  2020.01

  • Transforming Japanese Business: Rising to the Digital Challenge

    Anshuman Khare, Hiroki Ishikura, William W. Baber( Part: Contributor, Chapter 12)

    Springer  2019.12

Presentations

  • Crowdfunding as an in-between space: Creativity generated through the collaboration of founders and curators

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yuki Tsuboyama, Takahiro Endo

    The 39th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium 

    Presentation date: 2023.07

  • Supply Chain Resilience in Vertical Keiretsu: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The 41th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference 

    Presentation date: 2021.09

  • Stars in Teams: Their Implications for Non-Stars' Work Autonomy and Job Performance

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yoshio Yanadori, Takahiro Endo

    The 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management  Academy of Management

    Presentation date: 2020.08

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    https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.21511abstract

  • Unraveling the Microfoundations of the “Mirroring”: Evidence from the Hard Disk Drive Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management  (Atlanta, Georgia, USA)  Academy of Management

    Presentation date: 2017.08

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    https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMBPP.2017.15835abstract

  • Through the Looking Glass: Evidence from Architectural Change in the Hard Disk Drive Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The 36th Strategic Management Society Annual International Conference  (InterContinental Berlin)  Strategic Management Society

    Presentation date: 2016.09

  • A Comparative Study on R&D Organizations in Specialized Manufacturer and Generalized Manufacturer: A Case Analysis in the Vacuum Fluorescent Display Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka  [Invited]

    (University of Hyogo)  The Academic Association for Organizational Science

    Presentation date: 2016.06

  • 企業間関係における象徴的報酬

    小阪玄次郎

    上智大学経済学部セミナー 

    Presentation date: 2024.11

  • Can benefit offerings help employee retention in startups?

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Presentation date: 2024.10

  • Social-Business Tensions in Crowdfunding: Case Study of an IPO by a Crowdfunding Platform

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yuki Tsuboyama, Takahiro Endo

    Journal of Management Studies – A Publishing Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2024.05

  • Resilience, Keiretsu and Dependence on Buyers: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The 83th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management 

    Presentation date: 2023.08

  • Social-Business Tensions in Crowdfunding: Case Study of an IPO by a Crowdfunding Platform

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yuki Tsuboyama, Takahiro Endo

    AMJ Paper and Idea Development Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2023.04

  • Social-Business Tensions in Crowdfunding: Case Study of an IPO by a Crowdfunding Platform

    Genjiro Kosaka, Yuki Tsuboyama, Takahiro Endo

    Research Seminar at Freie Universität Berlin 

    Presentation date: 2023.03

  • Balancing cooperation–competition tensions and resilience in supply networks: Evidence from the automobile industry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster

    Genjiro Kosaka  [Invited]

    Research Seminar at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 

    Presentation date: 2022.11

  • 生産性研究助成 事例紹介

    小阪玄次郎  [Invited]

    日本生産性本部 経営アカデミー大会 

    Presentation date: 2022.11

  • Coopetition and Learning in Supplier Associations: Evidence from the Japanese Automobile Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Euro-Asia Management Studies Association 38th Annual Conference 

    Presentation date: 2022.10

  • Balancing cooperation–competition tensions and resilience in supply networks: Evidence from the automobile industry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The 38th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium 

    Presentation date: 2022.07

  • The Effects of Coopetition between Buyers and Suppliers on Supply Chain Resilience

    Genjiro Kosaka

    AMJ Paper and Idea Development Workshop 

    Presentation date: 2022.07

  • Balancing cooperation–competition tensions and resilience in supply networks: Evidence from the automobile industry in the wake of the Fukushima disaster

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Research Seminar at Freie Universität Berlin 

    Presentation date: 2022.04

  • Does vertical keiretsu effectively respond to disasters? Evidence from the Japanese automobile industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    IIR Summer School  Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research

    Presentation date: 2021.08

  • Supply Chain Resilience, Vertical Keiretsu and Diversification of Transactions: Evidence from the Japanese Automobile Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The Academy of Management PDW Organized by the OMT Division 

    Presentation date: 2021.08

  • Does vertical keiretsu effectively respond to disasters? Evidence from the Japanese automobile industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    AIB Japan Chapter Paper Development Workshop  (Virtual Conference)  Academy of International Business Japan Chapter

    Presentation date: 2021.03

  • A new flow of money toward social issues: From an analysis of Japanese social crowdfunding platform

    Koichi Nakagawa, Genjiro Kosaka  [Invited]

    International Virtual Research Symposium at CamEd Business School  (Phnom Penh, Cambodia)  CamEd Business School

    Presentation date: 2020.11

  • Do supplier associations foster transactional relationships between automakers and suppliers? Evidence from Japan

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Gerpisa 2020 International Colloquium  (Virtual Conference)  Gerpisa

    Presentation date: 2020.06

  • What is the sociality that moves people?: Analysis from topic modeling of crowdfunding

    Koichi Nakagawa, Genjiro Kosaka

    The EGOS and Organization Studies Workshop  (Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan)  European Group for Organizational Studies

    Presentation date: 2019.12

  • The Vertical Keiretsu Advantage in the Era of Westernization in the Japanese Automobile Industry: Investigation from Transaction Cost Economics and a Resource-Based View

    Genjiro Kosaka, Koichi Nakagawa, Seiji Manabe, Mizuki Kobayashi

    The Association of Japanese Business Studies 31st annual conference  (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)  The Association of Japanese Business Studies

    Presentation date: 2018.06

  • アーキテクチャ知識を保持するのは誰か:TDKの磁気ヘッド事業の事例分析より

    小阪玄次郎

    組織学会研究発表大会  (一橋大学)  組織学会

    Presentation date: 2015.06

  • 研究開発組織におけるアーキテクチャ知識の所在:TDKの事例分析

    小阪玄次郎

    武蔵経済セミナー  (武蔵大学) 

    Presentation date: 2015.05

  • ラディカル・イノベーションに伴う既存技術の伸張:伊勢電子工業の創業プロセス

    小阪玄次郎

    第3回アントレプレナーシップ・コンファレンス  (大阪企業家ミュージアム)  日本ベンチャー学会・企業家研究フォーラム・ファミリービジネス学会

    Presentation date: 2013.11

  • How firms acquire technical knowledge beyond their boundaries: A case analysis of architectural change in the hard disk drive

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The R&D Management Conference 2013  (University of Manchester, U.K.)  Research & Development Management Association

    Presentation date: 2013.06

  • Revitalizing Existing Technology by a New Entrant: The Rise of the Vacuum Fluorescent Display Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    European Group for Organizational Studies 28th Colloquium Pre-Colloquium Paper Development Workshop  (Aalto University and Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland)  European Group for Organizational Studies

    Presentation date: 2012.07

  • Extension of Existing Technology by a New Entrant: A Case Analysis of the Technological Change of the Vacuum Tube

    Genjiro Kosaka  [Invited]

    The Association of Japanese Business Studies 25th annual conference  (George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA)  The Association of Japanese Business Studies

    Presentation date: 2012.06

  • 研究開発活動における技術情報の分布とイノベーション:セラミックコンデンサ業界の開発競争を事例として

    小阪玄次郎  [Invited]

    大阪大学経営研究会  大阪大学

    Presentation date: 2011.08

  • Individual-level and Group-level Skill Diversity as a Driver of Innovation: A Multi-level Analysis of the Ceramic Capacitor Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    European Group for Organizational Studies Pre-colloquium Post-doctoral and Early Career Scholars Workshop  (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)  European Group for Organizational Studies

    Presentation date: 2011.07

  • Skill Diversity, Network of Engineers, and Innovation: An Exploratory Case Analysis of the Ceramic Capacitor Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    The Association of Japanese Business Studies Paper Development Workshop  (Nagoya, Japan)  The Association of Japanese Business Studies

    Presentation date: 2011.06

  • Individual-level and Group-level Diversity in R&D Organizations: A Comparative Analysis of the Ceramic Capacitor Industry

    Genjiro Kosaka

    Hitotsubashi G-COE Research Workshop on Innovation and Management 

    Presentation date: 2010.07

  • R&D組織の形態と技術開発プロセス:セラミックコンデンサ業界を事例として

    小阪玄次郎

    組織学会研究発表大会  (東北大学)  組織学会

    Presentation date: 2009.06

  • 部品専業メーカーの技術開発体制:特許データを用いた蛍光表示管業界の事例研究

    小阪玄次郎

    組織学会研究発表大会  (京都産業大学)  組織学会

    Presentation date: 2007.06

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Misc

  • 書評 『制度複雑性のマネジメント:論理の錯綜と組織の対応』

    小阪玄次郎

    日本ベンチャー学会誌   43  2024

    Book review, literature introduction, etc.  

  • ドイツ経営学の現在

    小阪玄次郎

    組織科学   56 ( 4 )  2023.06

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (scientific journal)  

  • 社員表彰制度に効果はあるか?

    小阪玄次郎

    日本の人事部LEADERS    2022.04

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)  

  • オンライン決済代行業界:フィンテック参入の成功要因を探る

    上智大学小阪ゼミナール, 小阪玄次郎

    Sophia Business Case Series 2021-001C    2021.05

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (bulletin of university, research institution)  

  • イノベーションを生み出す組織のあり方

    小阪玄次郎

    企業研究会『Business Research』連載記事(第1-7回)    2018

    Article, review, commentary, editorial, etc. (trade magazine, newspaper, online media)  

  • TDK:スマートフォンから自動車、IoTへ

    小阪玄次郎

    特許庁「英語知財研修プログラム推進事業」ケース教材    2017.05

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Syllabus

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Social Activities

  • 三井住友信託銀行 スタートアップサーベイ 監修

    2021.10
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    Now

  • 企業研究会 講師・研究協力委員

    2019.04
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  • 日本生産性本部 経営アカデミー 講師

    2017.11
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  • Online guest lecture at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    2024.01
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  • Round Table Discussion on Society 5.0

    Embassy of the Netherlands in Japan 

    2023.05
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  • ナインシグマ・アジアパシフィック株式会社 グローバル・オープンイノベーション・フォーラム ファシリテーター

    2019.03
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    2020.02

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Sub-affiliation

  • Faculty of Social Sciences   Graduate School of Social Sciences