Hiroshi Ito

Dr. Hiroshi Ito is a Professor in Graduate School of Management at the NUCB Business School. Before coming to the school, he had worked as an education expert for UNESCO in Paris, France. He also worked for UNICEF (the Philippines), JICA (Ecuador & Paraguay), an educational NGO (Guatemala), and an educational service company (USA). His research interests lie in Pedagogy, Educational Assessment, Environmental Policy, and NPO Marketing Strategy.Dr. Ito received his M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University, Ph. D. from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), MBA from Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. He is fluent in Japanese, English, and Spanish, and is currently learning French.

Specialized Field

Pedagogy, Educational Assessment, Environmental Policy, and NPO Marketing Strategy

Academic Background

Ph.D. University of California

Research Papers

• "Analyzing Toyota City’s eco-policy through strategic marketing tools", Asian Social Science, Vol.15 No.4, 201903
• "Analyses of citizens’ awareness, attitudes, and behaviors and promoting eco-policies in environmental model cities: The case of Toyota City", Ph. D. Dissertation / Doctoral Thesis for Nagoya University, 201902
• "Assessing and promoting eco-policies in Toyota City, Japan", Policy Design and Practice, 201901
• "Debt swaps for financing education: Exploration of new funding resources", Cogent Economics & Finance, Vol.6 No.2, 201811
• "Assessing the impact of international fieldwork: The case of J. F. Oberlin University, Japan", Asian Social Science, Vol.14 No.10, 201810
• "What does marketing mean to Japanese NPO managers?", Asian Social Science, Vol.14 No.4, 201803
• "Are professional nonprofits more marketing oriented? Evidence from a survey of NPOs in Japan", Nonprofit Review, Vol.17 No.2, 201712
• "Item response theory analysis of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for Students (UWES-S) using a sample of Japanese university and college students majoring medical science, nursing, and natural science", BMC Research Notes, Vol.10, 201711
• "The associations between socio-demographic factors and environmental knowledge in the city of Toyota, Japan", Applied Environmental Education & Communication, Vol.16 No.4, 201711
• "Underlying Gaps between Environmental Knowledge and Behavior in the City of Toyota: Phase III", Asian Social Science, Vol.13 No.10, 201710
• "The End of the ANC Era: An Analysis of Corruption and Inequality in South Africa", Journal of Politics and Law, Vol.10 No.4, 201709
• Working towards employment in international organizations, Hiroshi Ito, Sousei-sya, 201704
• "Balancing Historical Roots and Future Growth: China’s Foreign Policy", Asian Social Science, Vol.13 No.5, 201704
• "European Regional Inequalities: The Other Face of Development", International Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol.9 No.4, 201703
• "Underlying gaps between environmental knowledge and behavior in the city of Toyota: Phase II", Asian Social Science, Vol.13 No.3, 201702
• "Rethinking active learning in the context of Japanese higher education", Cogent Education, 201702
• "Underlying gaps between environmental knowledge and behavior in the city of Toyota", Asian Social Science, Vol.13 No.1, 201612
• "A review of Toyota City’s eco-policy: Changes in citizens’ awareness between 2012 and 2015", Urban Research and Practice, Vol.11 No.1, 201610
• "The Dilemma between Marketability and Inclusivity: UNESCO's Competitive Advantage in Education", Int.J.of Marketing Strategy Operations Research and Organizational Behavior, Vol.30 No.2, 201512
• "An Analysis of Toyota City's Eco-policy and its Recognition", NUCB Journal of Economics and Information Science, Vol.60 No.1, 201508
• "Measuring Toyota Citizens' Eco-Awareness: Is the City's Eco-Policy More Recognized?", International Journal of Environment and Sustainability, Vol.4 No.2, 201507
• "The value-added assessment of higher education learning: The case of the Nagoya University of Commerce and Business in Japan", International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol.11 No.1, 201504
• "Active learning for creating innovators", NUCB Journal of Economics and Information Science, Vol.59 No.2, 201503
• "Active learning for creating innovators", International Journal of Higher Education, Vol.4 No.2, 201503
• "Is a Rubric Worth the Time and Effort? Conditions for Success", International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research, Vol.10 No.2, 201503
• "ON THE VERGE OF THE DIGITAL BOOM: HOW INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COULD SHAPE AFRICA’S FUTURE ", International Journal of Development Research, Vol.5 No.2, 201502
• "Why are nonprofits organizations financially strained in Japan? An analysis of Japanese NPO marketing and strategies.", International Review of Management and Marketing, Vol.5 No.1, 201501
• "Should IKEA expand into Brazil? A study of Brazilian consumer behaviours", International Journal of Economics and Financial Issues, Vol.5 No.1, 201412
• "A Comparative Analysis of Citizens' Eco-Awareness between Toyota City in Japan and Neiva City in Colombia", International Journal of Environmental Protection and Policy, Vol.2 No.6, 201411
• "An analysis of Japanese nonprofit marketing strategies", NUCB Journal of Economics and Information Science, Vol.59 No.1, 201408
• "What's wrong with learning for the exam? An assessment-based approach for student engagement", Journal of Education and Learning, Vol.3 No.2, 201405
• "Challenges towards employability: Higher education engagement to industrial needs in Japan", Higher Education Studies, Vol.4 No.2, 201403
• "Toyota as an environmental model city: Is its eco-policy recognized?", Journal of Sustainable Development, Vol.7 No.2, 201403
• "Assessing an assessment tool of higher education: Progress Report on Generic Skills (PROG) in Japan", International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE), Vol.3 No.1, 201401
• "Literacy for All: A Neglected "EFA" Goal?", Journal of International Education and Leadership, Vol.3 No.3, 201312
• "Exploring a New Marketing Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations: An International Perspective", International Journal of Marketing Studies, Vol.5 No.5, 201312
• "How Can We Evaluate EFA Advocacy and Coordination? Case of the E-9 Initiative", Journal of Studies in Education, Vol.2 No.4, 201211
• “EFA, civil society and the post-2015 agenda.” Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education 42, 6: 883-890 2012
• “With Spanish, Guarani lives: a sociolinguistic analysis of bilingual education in Paraguay.” Multilingual Education 2, 6: 1-11 2012
• “Jomtien to Jomtien: The Evolving Coordination Process of Education for All 1990-2011.” International Education Studies 5, 5: 1-13 2012
• "The Role of Guarani in Paraguay's National Development", ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 201006