Ph. D. in Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Mar. 2013

M. A. in Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, Mar. 2010

Market category emergence

social movement toward business organizations

diffusion

SME

innovation

strategic management

organizational theory

Humanities & social sciences, Business administration

Apr. 2026 - Present
Showa Women's University, Institute of Current Business Studies, Research Fellow

Apr. 2026 - Present
Nihon University, College of Economics, Associate Professor

Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2013
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, The Doctor's Program in Business Management and Marketing

Apr. 2008 - Mar. 2010
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, The Master's Program in Business Management and Marketing

Apr. 2001 - Mar. 2006
Waseda University, School of Commerce

Aug. 2004 - May 2005
Beloit College

Jan. 2025 - Present
JRBH (Japanese Research in Business History) Editorial Board Member, Business History Society of Japan

Apr. 2018 - Mar. 2019
Vice Chair, Okayama City Women Achievement Promotion Council

Jul. 2018
Shujitsu University, Teachers of the year award
Teacher of the year
Sayako MIURA

Opportunities for social change emerging from a competitive context: Competition among shoe companies and the trajectory of the foot health movement
Paper accepted for 40th EGOS Colloquium, Jul. 2024, Refereed, Not invited

Unintended Consequences of Resource Mobilization for Innovation
Sayako Miura
現代ビジネス研究所ワーキングペーパー, Mar. 2024, Refereed, Not invited

Retail format innovation and survival of small stores: Evidence from the Japanese shoe trade, 1974-2022.
Sayako Miura
Institute of Current Business Studies of Showa Women's University Working Paper, Mar. 2023, Not refereed, Not invited

The developmental history of the insole market in Japan: Rising health consciousness and an unintended shift toward fashion (1984–2010)
Sayako Miura
Japanese Research in Business History, Dec. 2021, Invited

The survival of small and medium-sized shoe retailers in the 1990s in Japan
Sayako Miura
Papre accepted for 2nd World Congress of Business History, Sep. 2021, Refereed

Why Do We Have Trouble with the Shoes We Wear?: The Difficulty of Finding Shoes that Fit in Japan
Sayako MIURA
Gakuen, Aug. 2020, Refereed, Not invited

A historical study on the introduction of German health shoes in the Japanese market
Sayako MIURA
Wesco Gakujutsu Shinko Zaiddan (Wesco Science Promotion Foundation) Research Report, Mar. 2019, Not refereed, Not invited

Adjustments of social activist strategies and new market creation: The interplay of an activist group, companies and their primary stakeholders in the shoe industry
Sayako MIURA
Organizational Science, Mar. 2019, Refereed, Not invited

Establishing private qualification programs: How the shoe-fitter qualification program was established
Sayako MIURA
Shujitsu Management Studies, Feb. 2019, Not refereed, Not invited

Partnering strategy between NPOs and business organizations: The case of the shoe industry in Japan
Sayako MIURA
Paper accepted for a presentation at International Conference 2018 ”Challenges of Sustainable Development and Social Impacts on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises“, Aug. 2018, Refereed, Not invited

Leather Shoe Production before World War II: An Estimation of Military and Private Demand
Sayako MIURA
Hitotsubashi Review of Commerce and Management, May 2017, Refereed, Not invited

Component Sharing Across Product Categories Leads to Functional Diversification: Evidence from the Japanese Digital Products Market
Sayako MIURA
Asiatische Studien - Études Asiatiques, Mar. 2016, Refereed, Not invited

Footwear Sales Volume by Channel: Subdividing a Specialty Store Category
Sayako MIURA
Working Papers of Research Center for Japanese Business Studies, Dec. 2015, Not refereed, Not invited

Product Development Productivity When Companies Employ Different Component Sharing Strategies: The Effect of Competitors’ Strategies
Sayako MIURA
Strategic Management Review, Feb. 2015, Refereed, Not invited

A History of Foot, Footwear and Health Association, Vol. 1: The Launch of the Shoe Fitter Training Program
Sayako MIURA
Working Papers of Research Center for Japanese Business Studies, Nov. 2014, Not refereed, Not invited

Comprehensive Understanding of Component-Sharing Effect
Sayako MIURA
Studies on Commodities, Mar. 2014, Refereed, Not invited

Platform Strategy: A Review
Sayako MIURA
Hitotsubashi Journal of Social Sciences, Jan. 2012, Not refereed, Not invited

Platform development within different products: challenges and solutions in the consensus building process
Sayako MIURA
Hitotsubashi Journal of social sciences, Jan. 2011, Not refereed, Not invited

Decentralization in multiproduct firms
Sayako MIURA
Hitotsubashi Journal of Social Sciences, Jul. 2010, Not refereed, Not invited

Review of Selected Books on Business History Published in Japan in 2024
Yugo Takehara; Takashi Hirano; Noburu kobayashi; Ryosuke Takeuchi; Sayako Miura
Japanese Research in Business History, Dec. 2025, Not refereed

Panasonic's Development Strategy of Monolithic dual-wavelength high-power laser diode
Sayako MIURA; Hiroshi Shimizu
Hitotsubashi Business Review, Aug. 2014, Not refereed, Not invited
Lead

A Bilingual Introduction to Management
Sayako Miura; Rie Sakuraki, Joint work
Chuokeizai-sha, Feb. 2026
4502563218

Successful Social Activism and Unintended Market Emergence: The Fight Over Foot Health and Fashion in Japan
Sayako Miura, Single work, Springer
Springer, May 2024
9789819992904

Keyword kara miru senryaku handbook (Handbook of strategic management, its keywords)
Japan Academy of; Strategic Managemen, Contributor, informational resources, functional Strategy
Dobunkan, Mar. 2023
4495390678

Comments on Hang Yuan’s “Hierarchical solidification and occupational trajectories in Japan: An institutional perspective.”
Sayako Miura
the International Symposium on Industry and Corporate Dynamism, Sep. 2025, Invited

Commentator for Kazuhiro Takahashi's "Growth Process of Two-Sided Market Platforms"
23rd Conference of Japan Academy of Strategic Management, Apr. 2025, Invited

Opportunities for social change emerging from a competitive context: Competition among shoe companies and the trajectory of the foot health movement
Sayako Miura
40th EGOS Colloquium Milan 2024, Jul. 2024, Not invited

In and around Japanese organizations
Sayako Miura
Temple University, Japan Campus, Feb. 2023, Invited

The survival of small and medium-sized shoe retailers in the 1990s in Japan
Sayako Miura
2nd World Congress of Business History, Sep. 2021, Not invited

International learning and small and medium-sized retailers’ survival in the shoe industry in Japan
Sayako Miura
The 16th EAJS International Conference, Aug. 2021, Not invited

市場創造における流通業者の役割：ドイツ健康靴市場の事例から
三浦紗綾子
日本経営学会第93回大会, Sep. 2019, Not invited

企業がCSRを行う理由の解明
三浦紗綾子
就実大学・就実短期大学研究成果報告会, Feb. 2019, Not invited

Partnering strategy between NPOs and business organizations: The case of the shoe industry in Japan
Sayako MIURA
International Conference 2018 “Challenges of Sustainable Development and Social Impacts on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises, Aug. 2018, Not invited

ドイツ健康靴を売る―先人たちの挑戦
三浦紗綾子
第14回日本整形靴技術協会学術大会京都大会, Feb. 2018, Invited

Diffusion of Shoe Fitting Service: Interaction between an Activist Group and Companies
Sayako MIURA
The 15th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Sep. 2017, Not invited

職能団体内利害調整とプロフェッショナリゼーション：企業に属する専門家を対象として
三浦紗綾子
就実大学・就実短期大学研究成果報告会, Aug. 2017, Not invited

靴産業に於ける商品知識不在の要因を探る
三浦紗綾子
日本商品学会第67回大会, Jun. 2016, Not invited

資格認定団体の運営－シューフィッターを事例に－
三浦紗綾子
経営戦略学会第16回大会, Mar. 2016, Not invited

企業横断的組織でのフィット（適合）のための知識の生成－足と靴と健康協議会の活動史－
三浦紗綾子
就実大学経営学会第６回定例研究会, Dec. 2014, Not invited

Lessons from Panasonic: Software Sharing Strategy in the Digital Products Market
Sayako MIURA
The 14th International Conference of the European Association for Japanese Studies, Aug. 2014, Not invited

部品共有の成果－他社の戦略への注目－
三浦紗綾子
日本経営学会第87回大会, Sep. 2013, Not invited

Ripple Effects of Core Component Sharing
2012 Doctrinal Consortium of the Academic Association for Organizational Science, Oct. 2011, Invited

Dynamics of Platform Strategy
Sayako MIURA
The 27th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium, Jul. 2011, Not invited

The Effect of Component Sharing
Sayako MIURA
The Association of Japan Business Studies Paper Development Workshop, Jun. 2011, Not invited

プラットフォーム戦略
三浦紗綾子
2011年度組織学会研究発表大会, Jun. 2011, Not invited

First-Year Seminar
Apr. 2026 - Present
Nihon University

Seminar 1
Apr. 2026 - Present
Nihon University

Special Topics in Economics (Strategy and Organization)
Apr. 2026 - Present
Nihon University

Japanese Business
Apr. 2026 - Present
Nihon University

Modern Business Enterprises
Apr. 2026 - Present
Nihon University

Topics in Management (Strategy and Organization)
Jan. 2026 - Present
Musashi University

Human Resource Management
Oct. 2023 - Present
Showa Women's University

Project Seminar III and IV
Apr. 2021 - Present
Showa Women's University

Management Strategy
Oct. 2020 - Present
Showa Women's University

Business Administration
Oct. 2020 - Present
Showa Women's University

Organizational Management
Apr. 2020 - Present
Showa Women's University

Strategic Management
Sep. 2025 - Mar. 2026
Kokushikan University

Strategic Management
Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2026
Showa Women's University

Fundamentals of Management
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2026
Showa Women's University

Graduation Thesis Seminar
Apr. 2021 - Mar. 2026
Showa Women's University

Project Seminar I and II
Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2026
Showa Women's University

Global Business Basic SeminarⅠ
Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2026
Showa Women's University

Business Administration
Sep. 2024 - Mar. 2025
Waseda University

Organizational Behavior
Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2025
Showa Women's University

Third Year Seminar
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
Seijo University

Fourth-year seminar (including graduation thesis)
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
Seijo University

Modern Business Enterprise I, II
Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023
Showa Women's University

Business Development Seminar F
Apr. 2022 - Jul. 2022
Showa Women's University

Risk Management
Apr. 2021 - Jul. 2021
Showa Women's University Graduate School of Human Life Sciences

Human Resource Management
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Teikyo University

Introduction to Management
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Teikyo University

Seminar (1st year)
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Teikyo University

Seminar (3rd year)
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Teikyo University

Seminar (2nd year)
Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
Teikyo University

Basic Management Theory
Apr. 2017 - Aug. 2019
Shujitsu Univeristy

Seminar (4th year)
Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu Univeristy

Graduation research
Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu Univeristy

Seminar (3rd year)
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu Univeristy

Long-term internship
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu University

Business Economics
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu University

Organizational Theory
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu University

Seminar (2nd year)
Apr. 2016 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu University

Introduction to Strategic Management
Sep. 2014 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu University

Seminar (1st year)
Apr. 2014 - Mar. 2019
Shujitsu Univeristy

English Reading
Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2014
Hitotsubashi University

Seminar (1st year)
Apr. 2013 - Mar. 2014
Hitotsubashi University

THE ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE

Japan Academy OF Business Administration

European Group for Organizational Studies

European Association for Japanese Studies

Japan Academy of Strategic Management

Forum for Entrepreneurial Studies

Business History Society of Japan

Development of health industries
Showa Women’s University, 昭和女子大学研究助成金, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025

Opportunities for social change emerging from a competitive context: Competition among shoe companies and the trajectory of social movements
Showa Women’s University, 海外学会発表支援助成金, Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025

Conflict between entrepreneurs and supporters in the innovation process
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Apr. 2020 - Mar. 2024
Sayako MIURA

Uninted consequences of social movement
Showa Women's University, Showa Women's University Research Grant, Jun. 2022 - Mar. 2023

Small retailers surviving through innovation, not protection: complex effect of large store regulation
The Academic Association for Organizational Science, Research grant for young members, Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2023

A historical study on the introduction of German health shoes in the Japanese market
Wesco Science Promotion Foundation, 研究活動費助成事業, May 2018 - Mar. 2019
三浦紗綾子

商品を使いこなすための知識の普及を促進・阻害する要因に関する研究
日本商品学会, 2015年度日本商品学会研究助成制度, Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2016
三浦紗綾子

The Effect of Component Sharing Across Product Categories
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Oct. 2013 - Mar. 2015
Sayako MIURA

経営組織論を基にヒエラルキーについて考えよう
lecturer
世田谷プラットフォーム事業, 2021ビジネスキャリアデザイン講座I, Sep. 2021 - Present

Coordinator of the field study of the Japanese footwear industry from the foot health perspective
lecturer
Sayako Miura, The IB 418 International Work Study (Tokyo) course, the Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria., 16 Dec. 2024 - 16 Dec. 2024

In and Around Japanese Organizations
lecturer
temple university japan campus, 14 Feb. 2023

Introduction to Management Strategy
lecturer
Kitakamakura Joshigakuen Senior High School, 09 Feb. 2023 - 09 Feb. 2023

学生のためのワーク・ライフ・バランス講座 座談会コーディネーター
presenter
岡山市, 09 Nov. 2018

Introduction to Management Strategy
lecturer
Okayama Kourakukan Senior High School, 01 Nov. 2018

Introduction to Management Strategy
lecturer
Okayama Higashi Commercial High School, 26 Mar. 2018

Introduction to Management Strategy
lecturer
Eishin Gakuen Seior Hight School, 22 Jul. 2014

経営戦略における複数視点のすすめ
岡山中小企業団体中央会, 中央おかやま, Dec. 2016, Pr