Ken Sakai

Institutional Change as Historical Confluence: The Development of the Nursing Profession in Japan 

In Maclean, M., Clegg, S., Suddaby, R., & Harvey, C. (Eds.), Historical Organization Studies: Theory and Applications 188 - 206 11 2020  Invited

Dodging punches with institutional work: Japanese doctors’ discursive strategies regarding assistant nursing 

7 2020  Peer-reviewed

The Role of Facial Expressions in Repairing Organizational Legitimacy: A Comparative Case Study 

組織科学 53(4) 64 - 78 6 2020  Peer-reviewed

Confluence of histories in institutional change: A case study on the management of surgical needles in Japanese hospitals 

Paper accepted for a presentation at the 35th EGOS Colloquium, University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom 1 - 24 7 2019  Peer-reviewed

Thriving in the shadow of giants: The success of the Japanese surgical needle producer MANI, 1956–2016 

Business History 61(3) 429 - 455 4 2019  Peer-reviewed

The emergence of "unexpected" supporters in innovation and its influence: A case study of a slope reinforcement method 

Hitotsubashi University 3 2015  Peer-reviewed