Affiliations: Kyoto University & Chinese University of Hong Kong
Bio: Shige Makino is Professor at the Faculty of Economics/Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University, Japan, and Emeritus Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He received LLB and MBA degrees from Keio University, and a PhD from Ivey Business School, Western University.
Shige’s commitment to the Academy of International Business (AIB) has been a defining part of his professional life for over two decades. Since being elected an AIB Fellow in 2009, he has sought to contribute to the Academy’s growth and governance in various capacities. He served as Vice President (Program) from 2010 to 2012, organized the AIB Nagoya Meeting in 2011, and supported the Fellows as their Secretary-Treasurer from 2014 to 2017. Beyond governance, he has contributed as a Guest Editor and Consulting Editor for the Journal of International Business Studies (JIBS) and served on the editorial and advisory boards of a number of local and international journals, including Strategic Management Journal, Journal of World Business, Journal of Management Studies, and Journal of International Management, as well as an Associate Editor for Global Strategy Journal. Outside AIB, he served as President of the Association of Japanese Business Studies (AJBS) and currently serves as President of the Japan Academy of International Business Studies (JAIBS) and on the executive board of the Japan Academy of Multinational Enterprises (JAME).
Shige’s current research focuses on strategies and performance of multinational corporations. He is especially interested in exploring non-economic motivations for economic activities and their performance consequences in international business. His research has appeared in such journals as Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Journal of Management Studies, Organization Science, and Strategic Management Journal, among others. He has received several major research awards and honors, including the JIBS Gold Medal (2019) and the International Business Review (IBR) Best Journal Paper of the Year Award (2020).
He teaches strategic management and business models at undergraduate, master’s and PhD levels, and has published numerous cases on global and Japanese companies, working in close contact with corporate executives. His dedication to the classroom has been recognized with many teaching awards at Kyoto University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Last Updated: April 2026