TAKAOKA Mika
Professor

Ph.D. (Economics) The University of Tokyo

TAKAOKA MikaProfessor

Ph.D. (Economics) The University of Tokyo

Professor resarch speciality is distribution as social and economical point of view.
Specializes in merchandising of department stores, street specialty stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and EC.
Teaches at Rikkyo Business School, on the faculty of MBA, creating new businesses of existing companies. Her speciality is business management and new business planning taking care of the capital cost.

Specialized field

Distribution, Marketing communication theory, New business development

Current Position

Department of Business Administration
Graduate School of Business Design Department of Business Design Master's Program
Graduate School of Business Design Department of Business Design Doctoral Program

Educational background

Graduated from Aoyama Gakuin University College of Business
Completed Master's Program at Graduate School of Business Administration, Aoyama Gakuin University
Completed Doctoral Program at Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo

Major Research Achievements

Mika Takaoka "Distribution Channels in the Digital Era-The Rise of EC Channels in Apparel Retail Sales-" College Of Business, Rikkyo University "Marketing in the Digital Media Era" Yoshio Maru Matsudo, 2018
Mika Takaoka and Takeo Tachibana "Corporate Social Responsibility" Abe Takeshi and Takeo Tachibana, "Solving Problems Learned from Corporate History" Chapter 9, pp.187-205, ShuppanBunkasha, 2018
Japan Post Group "Sustainability Report 2021" the Third-Party Opinion issue in December 2021
Metropolitan Expressway " CSR Report 2022 ”the Third-party opinion Issue in August 2022
Yakult “ Yakult CSR REPORT 2021 ”the Third-party opinion Issue in September 2021

Professional Activities

<Academic Community Contribution Activities>
November 2008-Present Executive Director, Business Creator Research Society
September 2020-Present Vice President, Japan Management Diagnosis Society

<Business Community Contribution Activities>
July 2010-June 2015 Asahi Mutual Life Insurance Company Councilor
May 2011-May 2019 Family Mart Co., Ltd. (Company name changed to Uni Family Mart Holdings Co., Ltd. from September 2016) External Auditor
May 2014-May 2020 External Director of TSI Holdings Co., Ltd.
May 2019-February 2021 Uni Family Mart Holdings Co., Ltd. (Company name changed to Family Mart Co., Ltd. from September 2019) External Director
June 2014-Present Mos Food Servic, INC. External Director
June 2015-Present Kyodo Printing Co., Ltd. External Director
June 2017-June 2022 Councilor, East Japan Railway Culture Foundation
June 2018-Present SG Holdings Co., Ltd. Outside Director

<Social Contribution Activities>
December 2013-Present Member of Distribution and Service WG Global Environment Subcommittee Industrial Structure Council , Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry .
December 2015-December 2017 Temporary Member of Industrial Structure Council, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Member of the Research and Development / Innovation Subcommittee of the Industrial Technology and Environment Subcommittee)
March 2017-May 2019 Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Transportation Policy Council Transportation System Subcommittee Logistics Subcommittee Member
May 2017-Present Member of Central Council for Improvement of Trading Environment and Working Hours in Truck Transportation, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
April 2018-Present Member of the Eco-Pro Award Examination Committee, Industrial Environment Management Association
December 2019-March 2020 Member of the Logistics Standardization Study Group in the field of Processed Foods ,Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
April 2020-Present Member of the SIP "Smart Logistics Service" Evaluation Committee
May 2021 Member of the Logistics Standardization Action Plan Follow-up Committee for Processed Foods of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
June 2021 –Present Member of the Public-Private Logistics Standardization Round-table , Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
September 2022–Present Member of the Sustainable Logistics Study Group, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry .

Interview media

Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka's Eyes Online Tasting Kuramoto Invitation Japanese Sake Course" Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY , August 21, 2020
Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka's Eyes Empathize with Shorts Release Anxiety During Physiology" Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY, October 2, 2020
Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka's Eyes Bactericidal Alcohol Spray Jointly Developed with a Brewing Company", Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY November 13, 2020
Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka's Eyes New Material Card Case Determins Consumer Reactions" Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY, January 8 2021
Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka’s Eyes Sales promotion support with DX As an alternative to POP " Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY, February 18 2021
Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka’s eyes Drone and local government "aerial photography" Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY ,April 2, 2021
Mika Takaoka "Mika Takaoka's Eyes NIPPN's One-Plate Foods Hit by Working from Home" Nikkei BUSINESS DAILY, May 14, 2021

Books

e-retail impact- "consumption" changed by networkers (co-authored)

Introduction to Business Administration Introduction to the Modern Corporate Theory (Co-authored)

Video