Background
Ijiri, Yuji was born on February 24, 1935 in Kobe, Japan. Came to the United States, 1959. Son of Takejiro and Hiroko (Hanno) Ijiri.
Ijiri, Yuji was born on February 24, 1935 in Kobe, Japan. Came to the United States, 1959. Son of Takejiro and Hiroko (Hanno) Ijiri.
Bachelor of Laws, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, 1956. Master of Science, University Minnesota, 1960. Doctor of Philosophy, Carnegie Mellon University, 1963.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), DePaul University, 1990. Doctor of Science in Business Administration (honorary), Bryant College, 1991.
Staff member Price Waterhouse & Company, Tokyo, 1957-1959. Assistant professor graduate school business Stanford (California) University, 1963-1965, associate professor graduate school business, 1965-1967. Professor graduate school industrial administration Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1967-1975, Robert M. Trueblood professor accounting and economics Tepper School Business, 1975-1987, since 1987.
Consultant Gulf Oil Corporation, Pittsburgh, 1968-1985.
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Co-author: Skew Distributions and the Sizes of Business Firms, 1977, Kohlers Dictionary for Accountants, 6th edition, 1983, New Directions in Creative and Innovative Management, 1988. Author: Momentum Accounting and Triple-Entry Bookkeeping, 1989. Editor: Creative and Innovative Approaches to the Science of Management, 1993.
Aggregation theory, firm size distributions, accounting measurement theory, computer languages, and quantitative models in business and economics.
Fellow Accounting Researchers International Association (president 1979-1981). Member American Accounting Association (president 1982-1983, Outstanding Educator 1987), Finance Executives Institute (chapter board directors 1977-1981), Beta Alpha Psi.
Married Tomoko Nishimura, June 17, 1962. Children: Lisa, Yumi.