Books By Yasuhiro Ochiai - Author

Yasuhiro Ochiai is Professor at the School of Management and Informatics, University of Shizuoka.. He holds a doctor of business administration from the Graduate School of Business Administration at Kobe University. Prior to entering academia, he gained professional experience at Daiwa Securities SMBC Co., Ltd. After holding associate professorships at the Japan University of Economics (2014) and the University of Shizuoka (2018), he assumed his current role in 2020.

Professor Ochiai's research explores business succession from a management perspective, with a particular focus on Japanese family enterprises. He has played a significant role in advancing the scholarly and practical understanding of succession dynamics in Japan. He serves as Executive Director of the Japan Society for Business Succession and as Director of the Japan Academy of Family Business. From 2019 to 2023, he was Visiting Scholar at the Research Institute of Capital Formation of the Development Bank of Japan.