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Kan Viktoriya

カン ビクトリヤ | Kan Viktoriya
Affiliation and department：
Meiji University School of Business Administration, Department of Business Management

About Meiji University School of Business Administration, Department of Business Management


Job title： Associate Professor
Research field  (1)： Economic policy
Research keywords  (11)： Start-ups ,  SME and Entrepreneurship Policy ,  Venture Business ,  Transition Economies ,  Comparative Economics and Economic Systems ,  Central Asia ,  Uzbekistan ,  Kazakhstan ,  Russia ,  Special Economic Zones ,  Foreign Direct Investments
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (8)：
  • 2022 - 2026 言語圏地域市場の形成・統合・再編に関する研究:ロシア語圏市場に焦点を当てて
  • 2022 - 2026 A Study on the Formation, Integration, and Reorganization of Regional Markets in Lingua Franca: Focusing on Russian-speaking Markets
  • 2020 - 2021 A Study on FDI and Transaction Costs: Focusing on the Role of Lingua Franca
  • 2017 - 2020 Emerging market business activities of Japanese firms and governmental cooperation: focuing on the Russian-speaking market
  • 2018 - 2019 Economic Development in Frontier Areas: Case Studies in the Far East
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Papers (7)：
  • Yoshisada Shida, Viktoriya Kan. How Effective Are Special Economic Zones in the Russian Far East: A Financial Assessment Using Firm-Level Data (in Russian). Spatial Economics. 2021. 17. 1. 35-65
  • Viktoriya Kan. Is Regional Development Policy in Russia Effective? The Case of Special Economic Zones (in Japanese). ERINA REPORT (PLUS). 2020. 153. 7-19
  • Viktoriya Kan. Entrepreneurship and Path Dependence in Transition Economies : A Comparative Analysis of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Former Soviet Union (FSU) (in Japanese). Small Business Quarterly Journal. 2015. 1. 1-15
  • Viktoriya Kan. SME Development in Transition Economies: Do Initial Conditions Matter? A Comparative Analysis of Russia, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. Teikyo University Economic Review. 2015. 2. 48. 59-85
  • Viktoriya Kan. The Change in SME Policy and its Outcome in Uzbekistan (in Japanese). Russian Eurasian Economy & Society. 2012. 959. 13-40
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MISC (4)：
  • Viktoriya Kan. Long - Term Labor Statistics of Central Asia (in Japanese: https://cis.ier.hit-u.ac.jp/Japanese/2022/03/dp696.pdf). PIE/CIS DP N.668, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. 2022
  • Satoshi Yamamoto, Viktoriya Kan. Does Entrepreneurial Orientation Matter in Entrepreneurial Intention, Effectual Behavior, and Entrepreneurial Outcomes of Japanese SMEs?. PIE/CIS DP N.671, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. 2018
  • Satoshi Yamamoto, Viktoriya Kan, Roman Bartnik. Going Abroad to Innovate? The Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation in Foreign Business Expansion for Japanese Small and Medium-Sized Manufacturers. PIE/CIS DP N.668, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. 2018
  • Viktoriya Kan. Regional Determinants of New Firm Formation in a Transition Economy: The Case of Uzbekistan. PIE/CIS DP N.490, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University. 2010
Lectures and oral presentations  (40)：
  • Do Recent Institutional Reforms for the Creation of an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Boost Innovation in Uzbekistan?
    (Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC 2025) (Foreign Trade University, Hanoi, Vietnam) 2025)
  • Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Uzbekistan
    (Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies: Fukuoka Workshop (Seinan Gakuin University, Fukuoka, Japan) 2024)
  • Regional Determinants of FDI in Kazakhstan: Does Industrial Structure Impacts the FDI Flows?
    (The 12th East Asian Conference on Slavic Eurasian International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) (Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea) 2024)
  • Regional development of SMEs in Japan through close interaction of local government with the banking sector and business
    (National Research University "MEI" (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) 2024)
  • Regional development of SMEs in Japan through close interaction of local government with the banking sector and business
    (The Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan) 2024)
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Education (5)：
  • 2005 - 2008 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics Doctoral course
  • 2003 - 2005 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics Master's course
  • 2002 - 2003 Hitotsubashi University Graduate School of Economics Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship Student
  • 1996 - 2000 Tashkent State Institute of Oriental Studies Faculty of Economics Department of Japanese studies(BA in Economics, Diploma with Honours)
  • 1999 - 2000 Hitotsubashi University Faculty of Economics Japanese Government (Monbusho: MEXT) Scholarship Student (Japanese Language and Culture studies)
Professional career (2)：
  • PhD in Economics (Hitotsubashi University)
  • MA in Economics (Hitotsubashi University)
Work history (16)：
  • 2026/04 - 現在 Meiji University School of Business Administration, Department of Business Management Associate Professor
  • 2020/04 - 現在 Kwansei Gakuin University KG Research Center ​for Entrepreneurship Visiting Scholar
  • 2018/04 - 2026/03 Teikyo University Faculty of Economics, Department of International Economy Associate Professor
  • 2013/02 - 2025/02 Japan International Cooperation Agency The Knowledge Co-Creation Program “Regional Development Financing, including SME finance and PPP” Lecturer/Facilitator, (2023~) JICA Advisor
  • 2012/04 - 2024/03 Hitotsubashi University Institute of Economic Research, Center for Intergenerational Studies (~2022), Research Division of Comparative and World Economics (2023~) Visiting Scholar
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Committee career (9)：
  • 2025/11 - 現在 Japan Academy of Small Business Studies (JASBS) Executive Director (in charge of International Exchange)
  • 2024/01 - 現在 Japan Academy of Small Business Studies (JASBS) New Member Recruitment Committee
  • 2016/11 - 2025/10 Japan Academy of Small Business Studies (JASBS) Executive Secretary, Eastern Division
  • 2020/01 - 2022/03 Japanese Committee of International Council for Small Business (JICSB) Executive Secretary (public relations)
  • 2016/11 - 2019/10 Japan Academy of Small Business Studies (JASBS) Executive Secretary, Headquarters Secretariat
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Awards (2)：
  • 2013/06 - Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES) The 6th Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies Research Encouragement Award
  • 2010/11 - European Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ECSB) Best Paper Award nominee, The 24th Annual RENT Conference (Research on Entrepreneurship and on SME, Maastricht, The Netherlands) Regional Determinants of New Firm Formation in a Transition Economy: The Case of Uzbekistan
Association Membership(s) (10)：
Japan Center for Alliance Research Promotion on SMEs (JCARPS) ,  Japan Academic Society for Ventures and Entrepreneurs (JASVE) ,  International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) ,  Forum for Entrepreneurial Studies (FES) ,  Japan Academy of Small Business Studies (JASBS) ,  Japan Association for Comparative Economic Studies (JACES) ,  Australasian Association for Communist and Post-communist Studies (AACAPS) ,  Japan Committee of International Council for Small Business (JICSB) ,  Asia Council for Small Business (ACSB) ,  International Council for Small Business(ICSB)
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