SHI, Rui

Department of International EconomicsAssociate Professor

Research Keyword

  • 流通
  • Retail,
  • Retail
  • The history of distribution industry
  • Chinese Economics
  • Business History
  • Economic History

Field of study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Local studies, Chinese Studies
  • Humanities & social sciences, Economic history, Business History
  • Humanities & social sciences, History - Asia/Africa, Chinese History
  • Humanities & social sciences, Commerce

Career

  • Oct. 2024 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University, Department of Economics, 准教授
  • Apr. 2021 - Sep. 2024
    Seinan Gakuin University, Department of Economics, Lecturer (full time)
  • May 2019 - Mar. 2021
    Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, International Business School, Lecturer (full time)
  • Sep. 2018 - May 2019
    Kyoto University, 経済学研究科 東アジア経済研究センター, Junior Researcher

Educational Background

  • 2015 - 2018, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Doctoral Program
  • 2013 - 2015, Kyoto University, Graduate School of Economics, Master's Program

Committee Memberships

  • Jan. 2025 - Present
    Public Affairs Committee, Business History Society of Japan

Award

  • Oct. 2020
    The 2020 Book Award, Japan Society for Distributive Studies
    単著受賞 (著書名『改革開放と小売業の創発:移行期中国の流通再編』)

Papers

Books and other publications

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Managing Retail Space: Reforms and the Evolution of Department Stores in China
    Rui Shi
    The 26th Annual Congress of the European Business History Association 2023 (EBHA 2023), Aug. 2023
  • Economic Reforms and the Department Store in the Initial Period of New China
    RUI SHI
    The 2023 Sectional Meeting of the Business History Society of Japan, Jan. 2023
  • The Reform Trap: Loss of Department Stores' Dominant Status in China's Apparel Retail Industry
    Global Economic History Seminar, Oct. 2022, Waseda Universtiy, Invited
  • Economic Reforms and the Department Store in China: Nationalization and Store Management
    The 58th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan, Sep. 2022
  • 中国における経済体制改革と小売業の創発
    日本国際経済学会2022年度九州・山口地区第1回部会, Jun. 2022
  • Nationalization of private international firms in Communist China (1949-1969)
    2nd World Congress on Business History-24th Congress of the European Business History Association, Sep. 2021
  • 『改革開放と小売業の創発―移行期中国の流通再編』をめぐって
    京都大学 史的分析セミナー 合評会, Dec. 2020
  • Inconsistent Directions: The Department Stores and Consumptions in China（辞退）
    2020 Annual Meeting of the Business History Conference (BHC2020,アメリカ経営史学会2020年度年次大会), Mar. 2020
  • The Decline of Physical Retailers in China in the Post-1978 Reform Period
    The 2019 annual meeting of the Business History Conference (BHC 2019,アメリカ経営史学会2019年度年次大会）, Mar. 2019
  • How Department Stores Lost Their Dominant Status in the Apparel Retailing Industry in China
    The 54th Congress of the Business History Society of Japan(経営史学会第54回全国大会）, Sep. 2018
  • From Dependence on Department Stores to Channel Diversity: How Apparel Manufacturers and Department Stores Changed the Apparel Industry value chain in China
    European Business History Association 22nd Annual Congress（EBHA2018, ヨーロッパ経営史学会第22回年次大会）, Sep. 2018
  • 中国における生鮮スーパーの生成過程
    経営史学会2018年4月関西部会, Apr. 2018
  • The Establishment and Extension of Fresh Food Supermarket Format in China: The Rise of Fujian Yonghui Group
    European Business History Association 21st Annual Congress（EBHA2017, ヨーロッパ経営史学会第21回年次大会）, Aug. 2017
  • The Retail Modernization in China: A Comparative Analysis of Department Stores
    The 30th Congress of the Japanese Society for Distributive Sciences, Oct. 2016
  • The Development of Private Retail Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in China, 1990-2015
    The 52nd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan 第52回経営史学会全国大会, Oct. 2016
  • The Retail Modernization in China: A Comparative-Historical Study of Shanghai, Jinan City and Zibo City
    the 23rd Congress of Japan Scholarly Association for Asian Management, Sep. 2016
  • The Modernization of Retail in Chinese Local Big Cities: Analysis of Regional Characteristics and Retail Business Format about Jinan City
    The 52nd Congress of the Business History Society of Japan, Oct. 2015
  • The Modernization of Retail in Chinese Local Big Cities: Analysis of Regional Characteristics and Ownership structure about Supermarket in Jinan City
    University of Glasgow & Kyoto University Joint Student Workshop 2015, Feb. 2015

Academic society affiliations

  • 2022 - Present
    The Socio-Economic History Society
  • 2019 - Present
    The Business History Conference
  • 2016 - Present
    European Business History Association
  • 2015 - Present
    産業学会
  • 2015 - Present
    アジア経営学会
  • 2015 - Present
    経営史学会
  • 2015 - Present
    日本流通学会

Research Themes

  • Economic Reforms and the Department Store in China
    Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
    Seinan Gakuin University
    Apr. 2022 - Mar. 2026
  • Young Oriental Scholars of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (Canceled)
    Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists
    Shanghai University of International Business and Economics
    Mar. 2021 - Feb. 2025
  • Economic Reforms and the Emergence of Retail
    Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2020
  • The Decline of Physical Retailers in China in the Post-1978 Reform Period
    The Business History Conference Postdoctoral Travel Grant
    01 Mar. 2019 - 31 Mar. 2019
  • The Decline of Physical Retailers in China in the Post-1978 Reform Period
    Mar. 2019

Academic Contribution Activities

  • History of Retailing and Consumption
    Peer review
    Feb. 2025 - Present
  • Business History
    Peer review
    Jul. 2021 - Present
  • Enterprise & Society
    Peer review
    2022 - 2023
  • 2nd World Congress on Business History-24th Congress of the European Business History Association (2nd WCBH&24th EBHA, 第2回世界経営史大会＆第24回ヨーロッパ経営史年次大会共催)
    Panel chair etc
    10 Sep. 2021