Toshio Yamazaki, Dr. in Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University, is Professor at the College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University. He previously held the positions of Assistant Professor, Lecturer, and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Kochi University; Associate Professor at the College of Business Administration, Ritsumeikan University; and Visiting Scholar at Free University of Berlin, University of Cologne, University of Marburg, Goethe University Frankfurt, and Humboldt University of Berlin.
Professor Yamazaki's areas of expertise include management studies and comparative business history. His research focuses on the history of business management and interfirm relationships. He served as director of the Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management of Japan from 2011 to 2017. He is the editor of the "Journal of Business Management" (edited by the Japan Association of Business Management, language: Japanese). Professor Yamazaki has published numerous monographs and articles, including “German Business Management” (Springer, 2013), “Relationships between Industry and Bank in Germany” (Springer Nature, 2024), and “Japanese and German Enterprises” (Springer Nature, 2024). He has also received an academic award from the Japan Association for the Comparative Studies of Management (German Business Management: A Japanese Perspective on Regional Development Factors, Springer, 2013).