Meet our faculty

Mikiharu (Mick) Noma received his BA, MA, and PhD in commerce and management from Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to joining Hitotsubashi University as an Associate Professor in 2004, Professor Noma was an associate professor at Yokohama City University. In 2010-2011, he was as a visiting fellow at the Columbia Business School. He is an outside director of Nihon Chouzai and Goodcom Asset, an outside auditor of Nice, an outside auditor of Darwin Capital Partners, and a member of the Keystone Partners Voting Committee.

Professor Noma’s research interest includes (a) managerial myopia and competitive advantage; (b) disclosure; and (c) payout policy. His publications include "Why Do Japanese Firm lose the Competitive Advantage?" (in Hitotsubashi Business Review, 2010); "The Valuation of R&D Expenditure in Japan", (with P. Nguyen and S. Nivoix in Accounting and Finance, 2010); "Hedging and Taking Risk: On the Role of Derivatives and Stock Options" (in Investment Research & Analysis Journal, 2006); “Do geographic distances proxy a high probability of foreign divestment? Evidence from Japanese multinational firms “, (with Y. Jiang in Journal of Corporate Accounting & Finance, 2024); and “Do geographic distance, cultural distance, and political hazards equally matter for Japanese firms' outbound mergers and acquisitions? A firm‐ and deal‐level empirical analysis”, (with with Y. Jiang in Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 2024).