Toru Yoshikawa

Specialties: Strategic management, corporate governance, board of directors, organization theory, international business

EDUCATION

Ph.D (Business Policy), York University

CURRENT POSITION(S) HELD

• Professor of Strategic Management

• Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

• Area Coordinator for Strategy and Organisation

• Associate Professor of Strategic Management

• Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University

Research Interests

• Corporate governance – ownership structure, board of directors
• Organization theory
• Entrepreneurship

Awards, Recognition and Honors

• Lee Kuan Yew Fellow for Research Excellence, Singapore Management University, 2011
• Distinguished Paper Award, Business Policy and Strategy Division, Academy of Management Meeting, 2009
• Nominee for the Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Award, 2010
• Nominee for the Strategic Management Society Best Conference Paper Award, 2007
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Standard Grant, 2010
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1995-97

Journal Articles (Referred)

Oehmichen, J., Braun, D., Wolff, M., and Yoshikawa, T. (2017) When Elites Forget Their Duties: The Double-Edged Sword of Prestigious Directors on Boards. Journal of Management Studies, in press.

Yoshikawa, T. and Hu, H. (2017) Organizational Citizenship Behaviors of Directors: An Integrated Framework of Director Role-identity and Boardroom Structure. Journal of Business Ethics, 143: 99-109.

Zhu, H. and Yoshikawa, T. (2016) Contingent Value of Director Identification: The Role of Government Directors in Monitoring and Resource Provision in an Emerging Economy. Strategic Management Journal, 37: 1787-1807.

Geng, X., Yoshikawa, T., and Colpan, A.M. (2016) Leveraging Foreign Institutional Logic in the Adoption of Stock Option Pay among Japanese Firms. Strategic Management Journal, 37: 1472-1492.

Choi, Y R., Yoshikawa, T., Zahra, S.A., and Han, H. (2014) Market-Oriented Institutional Change and R&D Investments: Do Business Groups Enhance Advantage? Journal of World Business, 49: 466-475.

O’Brien, J., David, P., Yoshikawa, T., & Delios, A. (2014) How Capital Structure Influences Diversification Performance: A Transaction Cost Perspective. Strategic Management Journal, 35: 1013-1031.

Yoshikawa, T., Zhu, H., and Wang, P. (2014) National Governance System, Corporate Ownership, and Roles of Outside Directors: A Corporate Governance Bundle Perspective. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 22: 252-265.

Colpan, A.M., Yoshikawa, T., Hikino, T., and Del Brio, E. (2011) Shareholder Heterogeneity and Conflicting Goals: Strategic Investments in the Japanese Electronics Industry. Journal of Management Studies, 48: 591-618.

David, P., O’Brien, J.P., Yoshikawa, T., and Delios, A. (2010) Do Shareholders or Stakeholders Appropriate the Rents from Corporate Diversification? The Influence of Ownership Structure. Academy of Management Journal, 53: 636-654.

Yoshikawa, T. & Rasheed, A. (2010) Family Control and Ownership Monitoring in Family- Controlled Firms in Japan. Journal of Management Studies, 47: 274-295.