Our MBA graduate, Olivier LE LANN from the Class of 2009 and Founder of Electric Visionary Aircrafts, shared the reason why he chose the ICS MBA program and how he shaped credo for his company.
Topics: Career paths, Why Hitotsubashi ICS, Alumni Voice
Alumni Interview: Job Hunting and Working in Japan | Sarah
Topics: Career paths, Alumni Voice, MBA in Japan
Alumni Interview: Job Hunting and Working in Japan | Pum
Topics: Career paths, Alumni Voice, MBA in Japan
Alumni Interview: Job Hunting and Working in Japan | Chris
Topics: Career paths, Alumni Voice, MBA in Japan
Alumni Interview: Job Hunting and Working in Japan | Sai
Topics: Career paths, Alumni Voice, MBA in Japan
Life before Hitotsubashi ICS
Before coming to ICS, I worked for First Advantage in Seoul for three years as a Researcher & Client Manager. This was the longest period that I stayed in the same country ever since I left Korea to study abroad at the age of thirteen.
Topics: Alumni Voice
Starting up while getting an Executive MBA | Alumni Voice
In this edition of Byline ICS, we sat down with Bruce (Hirokazu Tanaka, EMBA Class of 2020 from Sony Group Corporation). Last spring, while he was still studying, received the exciting news that he would be appointed president & representative director of the new company that he had been working on as a part of his EMBA Capstone Project at Hitotsubashi ICS.
Topics: EMBA Program, Student Voice, Alumni Voice
Doing an MBA in a foreign country is an exciting challenge. We receive many questions from candidates who have families to bring to enjoy this new challenge together. The answer is, Yes, of course! In this Byline ICS, we introduce Chinmay Acharya’s story, who brought his family from India during his MBA.
Chinmay Acharya
Chinmay studied at the Hitotsubashi ICS as a Yong Leader's Program(YLP) student from September 2019 to August 2020. To do his MBA, he moved to Japan with his wife and two and half years old daughter. Currently, he works at Larsen & Toubro Limited, a technology, engineering, construction, and manufacturing company in India.
Topics: Life at Hitotsubashi ICS, MBA Program, Alumni Voice, Family
In this second part of our interview with Professor Asuka Takaoka, we discuss her doctoral thesis research, how she balanced her DBA studies, work, personal commitments; and what she learned from her DBA at Hitotsubashi ICS. (Read part 1 of this blogpost here)
Topics: Life at Hitotsubashi ICS, DBA, Alumni Voice
Reasons to choose a DBA vs a PhD | Alumni Voice
There have been fewer opportunities to feature the DBA (Doctor of Business Administration) program, our doctorate program at Hitotsubashi ICS compared to our MBA and DBA programs. In this edition of our alumni voices, we sat down with DBA graduate, Asuka Takaoka, to talk about her DBA journey at Hitotsubashi ICS.
Asuka graduated from the part-time DBA program while working full-time. We talked to her about why she decided to pursue a doctoral degree, how she spent her five years at DBA, her research theme, and how she manages her time. We have divided the interview into two parts.
Topics: Life at Hitotsubashi ICS, DBA, Alumni Voice
Topics: Life at Hitotsubashi ICS, Career paths, MBA Program, Alumni Voice
EMBA Alumni Voice | Four months after graduation
It has been three years since the EMBA program was launched at Hitotsubashi ICS. How has the program actually been impacting alumni's lives since their graduation?
The last edition is with Hiromi Nishida, an alumna of the Class of 2019, who just graduated last August. During her EMBA, COVID-19 broke out, and she experienced the EMBA program before and after the pandemic occurred.
Topics: Career paths, EMBA Program, Alumni Voice
It has been three years since the EMBA program was launched at Hitotsubashi ICS. How has the program actually been impacting alumni's lives since their graduation?
The second edition is with Buddhika and Issei from the Class of 2018.
Topics: Career paths, EMBA Program, Alumni Voice
Topics: Career paths, EMBA Program, Alumni Voice
Topics: Career paths, MBA Program, Alumni Voice