Greetings from Director
The Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB) was founded in 1919, and is the only institute at Kobe University. We assembled an interdisciplinary group of scholars working across the fields of economics, management, and accounting.
Our classical key words of research have been "International", "Economics" and "Business." We have been publishing academic papers and books, and organizing public seminars, conferences and symposiums, related to those key words. We have also been supported by the Center for Corporate Records, the Library, the Information Technology Center and the Promotion Office for Research Collaboration. Research institutes of universities are all regularly evaluated by the various standards. We continue to drive and complete our projects and publish the research outputs.
Kobe University is located in one of the most beautiful places in Japan, where we see Osaka Bay in the south and Mount Rokko in the north. The Kanematsu Memorial Hall of RIEB, built in 1934, is a registered tangible cultural property of Japan. Around the hall, we have beautiful trees and a small but nice Japanese garden. We hope that you enjoy the long history as well as the academic atmosphere of RIEB when you have a chance to visit us.
We would appreciate your constant help and advice to improve our institute.
Sincerely,
Ken-Ichi Shimomura
Director of RIEB
26 March, 2010