Researcher Information - AZUMA Nobukazu |

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AZUMA Nobukazu

Department / Course

Aoyama Gakuin University School of Business Department of Marketing

Job Professor


Retailing and Distribution System I / II, Fundamentals of Retailing and Distribution System I /II, Marketing Basics C/D

Specialization and related fields
Macromarketing, Retailing and Distribution System

Business career
1.	2005/04/01 ～ 2008/03/31	Aoyama Gakuin University School of Business Department of Business Administration
2.	2008/04/01 ～ 2009/03/31	Associate Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of Business Department of Business Administration
3.	2009/04/01 ～ 2017/03/31	Associate Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of Business Department of Marketing
4.	2017/04/01 ～	Professor Aoyama Gakuin University School of Business Department of Marketing

Winning science prize
1.	2003/11	at Ohio State Uni ACRA Conference Best Paper Award Runner-up

Official position and committee in Univ.
1.	2022/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Aoyama Gakuin University Chair
2.	2026/04/01 ～ 2028/03/31	Aoyama Gakuin University Associate Director, Aoyama Gakuin Research Institute

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
1.	2006/04 ～	Specialist Retailers' private brands development and product sourcing network International Joint Research
2.	2006/04 ～	Retail Internationalisation International Joint Research
3.	2007/04 ～	Fundamental Theories in Retail and Distributive Trades Domestic Joint Research

Book and thesis
1.	Papers	The impact of e-retail usage on relative retail patronage formation International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management (Co-authored) 2023/03
2.	Papers	Revisiting the Big Middle: An fsQCA Approach to Unpack a Large Value Market from a Product Specialist Retailer’s Perspective International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management (Co-authored) 2022
3.	Papers	Towards Formalization of Analytical Approaches to Tackle Issues of Retail Business Models: Exploring the Methodological Strengths of Process Tracing Method and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA),pp.53-64 (Co-authored) 2022
4.	Papers	The potential of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) and its implications for mixed-method approaches in marketing and distribution research,pp.204-225 (Sole-authored) 2022/09
5.	Papers	Applications of Process-tracing Method towards the Theorisation of Retail Business Model Proceedings of AMA ACRA Triennial Conference 2021 (Co-authored) 2021/03
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2022/03/04	Relative retail patronage formation among grocery fill-in shoppers in Japan (ACRA 2022 Conference)
2.	2021/03	Applications of Process-tracing Method towards the Theorisation of Retail Business Model (AMA ACRA Triennial Conference 2021)
3.	2020/03	“Unpacking the Causal Recipes of Retailing Mix on Consumer Satisfaction in Grocery Shopping Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) – From and Experience of a Japanese Mini Supermarket Multiple" (ACRA 2020 Annual Conference)