Recipient of the Funai Overseas Scholarship from the Funai Foundation for Information Technology for 2016-2018. This was the first Funai scholarship given for the subject of business administration.
Winner of the 2020 Best Student Paper Award from the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management for “Enduring Effects of Nationalistic Ideology on Strategy Formation Process: The Case of Nippon Gakki 1938-1960.”
Runner up for the 2020 Best International Paper Award from the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management for “Enduring Effects of Nationalistic Ideology on Strategy Formation Process: The Case of Nippon Gakki 1938-1960.”
Finalist for the 2020 Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize for ”Frame Evolution: Temporal Dynamics of Cognitive Frame, Organizational Capability, and Technology Lifecycle at Fujifilm 1985–2018.”
Finalist for the 2020 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference PhD Paper Prize for “Frame Evolution: Temporal Dynamics of Cognitive Frame, Organizational Capability, and Technology Lifecycle at Fujifilm 1985–2018.”
Selected as an Outstanding Reviewer by the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of the Academy of Management in 2021.
Yusaku Takeda is a Ph.D. candidate in business administration jointly offered by Harvard Business School and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
In the climate of surging social, political, and economic turmoil of our time, businesses are frequently referenced as the source of both problems and solutions for pressing social issues. Yusaku's long-term research agenda is to explore this reciprocal relationship between businesses and society—the role of businesses in society and the role of society in businesses. He studies this topic through two theoretical vantage points. First, he brings insights from political and economic sociology to behavioral strategy research and examine the antecedents, processes, and consequences of symbolic meaning-making that affects strategy processes and outcomes in organizations. Second, incorporating prior research on non-market strategies, such as CSR practices and corporate activism, he explores how social issues and meaning are embodied in market strategies, such as diversifications, product class transitions, innovation adoptions, product and service developments, mergers and acquisitions, and branding. Yusaku uses both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, such as historical archival methods, interviews, field observations, and statistical analyses of surveys and large datasets.
Yusaku’s research has been recognized as the winner of Best Student Paper Award and the runner-up for Best International Paper Award from the Organization and Management Theory (OMT) Division of the Academy of Management (2020). He has also been named among the finalists for Best Conference Paper Prize and Best Conference PhD Paper Prize by Strategic Management Society (2020). He is also the recipient of the Funai Overseas Scholarship from the Funai Foundation for Information Technology—its first recipient in the field of management and organizational studies.
Yusaku earned a B.A. with honors from the College of Social Studies at Wesleyan University as a Freeman scholar in 2014, studying political philosophy, government, economics, and history. Before joining HBS, he worked as a research assistant at Hitotsubashi University Business School in Tokyo and as an IT consultant in NYC.
He holds a third-degree black belt (Sandan) in Judo, teaches at a local Judo club, and won Connecticut-state and New England championships.
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- Nonaka, Ikujiro, Ayano Hirose, and Yusaku Takeda. "'Meso'-Foundations of Dynamic Capabilities: Team-Level Synthesis and Distributed Leadership as the Source of Dynamic Creativity." Global Strategy Journal 6, no. 3 (August 2016): 168–182. View Details
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Recipient of the Funai Overseas Scholarship from the Funai Foundation for Information Technology for 2016-2018. This was the first Funai scholarship given for the subject of business administration.Winner of the 2020 Best Student Paper Award from the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management for “Enduring Effects of Nationalistic Ideology on Strategy Formation Process: The Case of Nippon Gakki 1938-1960.”Runner up for the 2020 Best International Paper Award from the Organization and Management Theory Division of the Academy of Management for “Enduring Effects of Nationalistic Ideology on Strategy Formation Process: The Case of Nippon Gakki 1938-1960.”Finalist for the 2020 Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Prize for ”Frame Evolution: Temporal Dynamics of Cognitive Frame, Organizational Capability, and Technology Lifecycle at Fujifilm 1985–2018.”Finalist for the 2020 Strategic Management Society Annual Conference PhD Paper Prize for “Frame Evolution: Temporal Dynamics of Cognitive Frame, Organizational Capability, and Technology Lifecycle at Fujifilm 1985–2018.”Selected as an Outstanding Reviewer by the Managerial and Organizational Cognition Division of the Academy of Management in 2021.
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