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Yoshitaka Kai

Yoshitaka Kai

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  • Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Electrical Engineering, Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University)
  • Former employee of Teijin Limited, Former General Manager of Mitsubishi Trust and Banking Corporation, Former Associate Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Former Professor, Graduate School of Professional Studies, Kwansei Gakuin University (Dean, Graduate School of Management Strategy), Professor Emeritus, Kwansei Gakuin University

Message

Consider the relationship between IT and finance. The financial business originally consists of numbers, and it has a great affinity with computers that are powerful in numerical processing. It is no exaggeration to say that the history of financial business is a history of mechanization. For a long time, the focus was on business efficiency and IT was the way to make business more efficient. That’s true not only in finance but in many industries. At first, because IT plays a supporting role, it was thought that all the IT engineer needed to do was to assemble some computers and write programs according to the design drawings drafted by the people working on-site. But IT has advanced so fast that it now handles much more than mere calculation and memory. We now know IT can be used for things we once thought only humans could do, such as judgment and reasoning. It’s grown to the point where IT can now take the place of humans in fields such as financing and investment. The advance in quantity has effected a change in quality. In effect, work-process design and IT implementation have become one. It’s no longer possible to draw a strict line between the two. This new reality changes the qualities required of an IT engineer. Rather than being passive and waiting for blueprints, we are now required to analyze and gain insight into our business, and in some cases design the business itself. Unlike the passive recipient of somebody else’s design drawings of days past, the IT engineer of today analyzes, understands and at times even designs work processes. . A new world is beginning for IT professionals, with dimensions never experienced before. I want you to lead that process. The travails of the pioneer are many, but your prospects are boundless At KCGI I want you to acquire the spirit of the pioneer and the strength to overcome adversity.

Responsible Subject

  • Advanced topics in Business Administration
  • Money and Banking

Field of Specialization

  • Financing and real options for business strategy formulation
  • Practical Application of Game Theory
  • IT Information Strategy in the Management Field

Business Performance

Business Performance

  • Development of "optimal distribution system" to solve trade-off between delivery time and transportation cost
  • Application of AI to Women's Fashion Prediction
  • Research and system development of stock investment methods
  • Development of pension ALM model
  • Securitization of Housing Loans
  • Research on credit risk and market risk management processes

Books

  • Introduction to Credit Risk, single book, Apple Books, 2000
  • Asset Management and Risk Management, Part 1, Economist, 2002
  • Introduction to Risk Finance, Co-Authorship, Study Group on Financial and Fiscal Affairs, 2004
  • Enterprise Risk Management Practices, Co-Authorship, Chuo Keizai, 2009
  • Theory of Enterprise Risk Management, co-authored, Chuo Keizai Co., 2009
  • Community Finance that Connects Minds and Money, Co-Authorship, Kwansei Gakuin University Press, 2012

Paper

  • Nikkei Computer Inc., 1980
  • Computer Design for Apparel Planning, Consumer Science, 1986
  • AI Technology and Apparel Industry Measures, Textile Information, 1986
  • Theoretical Considerations for Asset Management, The OR Society, 1991
  • Approach to the Asset Allocation Problem Using Shortfall, Simulation and Game Society, 1996
  • Asset Allocation, Securities Analyst Journal, 1998 for Emerging Pension Asset Management
  • Securitization and Investment Strategies for Housing Loans, Society for System Control Information, 2002
  • Increased reliance on IT for risk management, Financial Journal, 2002
  • Optimal Design of Subordinated MBS Structure, Japan Society of Real Estate Finance, 2003
  • Real Estate Market Analysis Using Real Estate Indexes, Institute of Real Estate Finance, 2003
  • Securitization of Mortgages and Investment Strategies Applying Mathematical Programming, Society of Systems Control and Information, 2003
  • Integrated Management of Financial Risk, Society of Applied Mathematics, 2003
  • Optimal Insurance Policy for Time-Varying Risks, Management Systems Society, 2003
  • Application of Improved Proxy Constraint Method to Non-Isolated Nonconvex Programming Problems, Co-Authorship, Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, 2005
  • Importance of Risk Finance in BCP, JRI, 2006
  • Risk Assessment and Risk Finance, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office, 2006
  • Analysis of Multiple Debt Formation from the Perspective of Consumer Finance, Credit Age, 2006
  • Natural Disasters and Risk Sharing, Economy Society Policy, 2006
  • Attempts to improve conventional technical analysis methods using neural networks, co-authored papers, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, 2006
  • Optimal Design of Mortgage-Backed Securities Preferential Subordinated Structure Using Cash Reserves, Co-Authorship, OR Association, 2006
  • Business Risk and Disaster Risk Integration Effects, Kwansei Gakuin University Business Review, 2007
  • Management of Research and Development, OR Society, 2008
  • Setting the Optimal Selling Price for Branded Goods, Kwansei Gakuin University Business Research, 2014