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Inoue-Kimura Lab (Finance and Corporate Governance Systems Lab)
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A lab that empirically examines corporate investment and governance using finance data.
AboutAbout the lab
Scientifically unraveling corporate capital policy and governance.
The Inoue-Kimura Lab empirically studies corporate investment behavior, management, and governance structures from the perspective of finance (capital markets).
Its research covers corporate ownership structure and governance, institutional investors' investment behavior, ESG investing, M&A, and venture capital.
Its approach to supervision is to build students' ability to understand theory and analyze data while they aim for top-tier papers.
The lab also carries out joint research and collaborative projects with major institutional investors, financial consulting firms, and major banks in Japan and abroad.
Key terms
- Corporate governance
- A system for overseeing and disciplining management so that a company is run properly for its shareholders and others
- Institutional investors
- Investors such as pension funds and insurance companies that pool money collected from many people and manage it together
- ESG investing
- Investing that selects investments while also considering efforts on environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) issues
NewsLab news
Prof. Inoue, Associate Professor Kimura, and others received the Grand Prize of the Corporate Finance Research Encouragement Award
A doctoral student earned a PhD and was appointed Assistant Professor in the School of Engineering
Doctoral students and others won the Best Poster Award at an international conference on machine learning and applications
ResearchResearch themes
The Inoue-Kimura Lab focuses on finance and corporate governance, studying corporate ownership structure, institutional investors' investment behavior, bank behavior, ESG investing, and behavioral finance. The lab values learning through empirical research over the analytical methods themselves.
*Illustrative imageOwnership structure and corporate governance
The lab tests how changes in who holds a company's shares (ownership structure) affect corporate governance, by looking at the behavior of institutional investors. These are joint research and collaborative projects with major institutional investors in Japan and abroad, among others.
*Illustrative imageESG investing and firm value
The lab analyzes how investing that takes environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors into account affects corporate behavior and firm value. It is carried out as collaborative projects with institutional investors, financial consulting firms, and others.
*Illustrative imageCorporate investment behavior and business restructuring
The lab examines corporate investment behavior such as M&A and R&D investment, and the economic effects of restructuring business portfolios.
*Illustrative imageCorporate behavior seen through text data
The lab applies text analysis to documents such as annual securities reports, and tests their relationship with corporate behavior and how stock prices react.
MembersFaculty
The Inoue-Kimura Lab consists of faculty members, technical staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2025
- ProfessorKotaro InouePublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorYosuke KimuraPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYing ChenPublications ↗
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- Top image: “Marunouchi sunset ( )” Raita Futo / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Ownership structure and corporate governance: “Artefacts at Tokyo Stock Exchange (45543)” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
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- Corporate investment behavior and business restructuring: “Inside Tokyo Stock Exchange (81498)” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
- Corporate behavior seen through text data: “Artefacts at Tokyo Stock Exchange (97128)” Syced / CC0 (cropped)
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