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Emilie Y. Takayama

Emilie Y. Takayama

Post-Doctoral Fellow of Business Administration

Post-Doctoral Fellow of Business Administration

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Emilie Takayama is the Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow in Business History. Her research has focused on the cultural history of the body and the growth of the beauty industry in East Asia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is interested in the strategies and mentalities of the first generation of Japanese beauty entrepreneurs and medical professionals, and how they constructed the cultural underpinnings of what eventually became a vibrant beauty industry that served Japan and its conquered territories in East Asia before the Pacific War. She is now researching the history of female entrepreneurship in Japan. 

Dr. Takayama received her Ph.D and M.A. in history from Northwestern University. She also holds an M.A. in international relations from Seoul National University and a B.A. in political science from Sophia University in Japan. 
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Publications

Journal Articles
Journal Articles

  • Takayama, Emilie. "The History of Aesthetic Surgery in Early Twentieth Century Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies (forthcoming). View Details

Cases and Teaching Materials
Cases and Teaching Materials

  • Jones, Geoffrey, and Emilie Takayama. "Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 320-049, November 2019. View Details
  • Jones, Geoffrey, and Emilie Takayama. "Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 820-066, November 2019. View Details
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Emilie Takayama is the Harvard-Newcomen Postdoctoral Fellow in Business History. Her research has focused on the cultural history of the body and the growth of the beauty industry in East Asia during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. She is interested in the strategies and mentalities of the first generation of Japanese beauty entrepreneurs and medical professionals, and how they constructed the cultural underpinnings of what eventually became a vibrant beauty industry that served Japan and its conquered territories in East Asia before the Pacific War. She is now researching the history of female entrepreneurship in Japan. 

Dr. Takayama received her Ph.D and M.A. in history from Northwestern University. She also holds an M.A. in international relations from Seoul National University and a B.A. in political science from Sophia University in Japan. 
Journal Articles
  • Takayama, Emilie. "The History of Aesthetic Surgery in Early Twentieth Century Japan." Journal of Japanese Studies (forthcoming). View Details
Cases and Teaching Materials
  • Jones, Geoffrey, and Emilie Takayama. "Momofuku Ando and the Globalization of Noodles." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 320-049, November 2019. View Details
  • Jones, Geoffrey, and Emilie Takayama. "Ernesto Tornquist: Making a Fortune on the Pampas." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 820-066, November 2019. View Details
Areas of Interest
  • business history
  • entrepreneurship
  • gender
  • Industries
  • beauty products
  • fashion
  • Geographies
  • China
  • East Asia
  • Japan
  • Korea

Areas of Interest

business history
entrepreneurship
gender
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Industries

beauty products
fashion

Geographies

China
East Asia
Japan
Korea
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