Graduate School of Business Administration, KOBE UNIVERSITY

Tomoaki Shimada

Ph.D. in management (INSEAD)

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Title

Associate Professor of Operations Management

Specialized Fields

Production and Operations Management, Supply Chain Management, and Operations Strategy

Fields of Interest

My primary research interests lie in management of operations and information technology. The research topics include (1) supply chain management, (2) B2B (Business-to-Business) e-procurement systems, and (3) buyer-supplier relationships. Specifically, I am interested in opportunism in information sharing in a supply chain, adoption and use of B2B e-procurement systems, and evolution of electronic supply chain networks. Other research areas which I initiated recently are (4) recycling in the electrical and electronics industry of Asia and (5) benefits of enterprise systems (i.e., enterprise resource planning, supply chain execution, and supply chain planning).

Current Research

  • Fajar Novianto and Tomoaki Shimada, “Mobile Phone Market Status and Possibility of 3Rs Activities in Indonesia” in Proceedings of the EcoDesign Asia Pacific Symposium, Tokyo Japan, pp.199-202, December 2006.
  • Yasuo Saito, Tomio Watanabe, and Tomoaki Shimada, “Modeling International Resource Recycling System: Case of Fuji Xerox” in Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on EcoBalance, Tsukuba Japan, pp.275-278, November 2006.
  • Tomoaki Shimada, “Closed-Loop Supply Chain Activities in the Home Appliance Industry in Japan” in Proceedings of the 8th Decision Sciences Institute (DSI) International Conference, Barcelona Spain, pp.824-832, July 2005.
  • Tomoaki Shimada, “From EDI to B2B e-Procurement: A Review of Their Benefits and A Proposed Conceptual Model” in Proceedings of the 11th Annual International EurOMA Conference, Fontainebleau France, pp.1127-1136, June 2004.
  • Tomoaki Shimada, “The Challenges of B2B Exchange Operators in Southeast Asia” in Proceedings of the 9th Association Information et Management (AIM) Conference, Evry France, p.83 (5 pages), May 2004.
  • Tomoaki Shimada, “The 'E'volution of the Public Electronic Trading Community: The Case of e-Hubs in the Hi-Tech Industry” in Proceedings of the 10th Research Symposium on Emerging Electronic Markets (RSEEM 2003), Bremen Germany, pp.245-255, September 2003.
  • Case study: “Fuji Xerox Eco-Manufacturing: International Resource Recycling System” written by Sorawis Kemarangsi and Kwanrudee Methawattanakul, International University of Japan, 2006.
  • Case study: “Mitsubishi Motors Corporation: Product Recalls and Corporate Social Responsibility” written by Priyanka L. U. Ratnamalala, International University of Japan, 2005.
  • Case study: “CrimsonLogic: The ‘E’volution of the Trading Community via a B2B E-Commerce Hub” under the supervision of Prof. Arnoud De Meyer, INSEAD, ECCH Reference Number: 604-66-1), 2004.