Ikujiro Nonaka, Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University. A widely recognised pioneer in the theory of Knowledge-based Management. A Xerox Distinguished Faculty Scholar of the University of California since 1997 and belongs to the Fellows Group of the Academy of Management in the United States since 2002, as its first Asian scholar. Ex-Dean of the Graduate School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. A professor (1982–95) and Director (1995–98) at the Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University.