Faculty Profiles - SATO AKIKO

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SATO AKIKO

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Faculty of Economics Department of Business and Technology Management Associate Professor
School of Economics （Concurrent）
Graduate School of Economics Department of Business and Technology Management（Concurrent）

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多国籍企業の国際ビジネスを、国際化プロセス、政治経済学やグローバル全社戦略の視点で、調査、分析することを専門領域としている。特にエマージング・マーケットにて日々事業を行なっている日系多国籍企業に注目している。教育では、ビジネススクールのMBAの学生向けに、国際経営、アジアの産業と企業、ゼミを担当している。授業では、理論と実践の両輪を強力に推進し、学生が卒業後に学んだ理論を実務にて使いこなすことを目標に日々励んでいる。研究では、国際ビジネス、戦略経営、多国籍企業、エマージング・マーケット、制度的問題、を専門として、より実践的かつ実証的アプローチに取り組んでいる。特に企業に直接アプローチし、深く掘り下げるケーススタディに取り組んでいる。世界は広く、沢山のビジネスチャンスが転がっている。地方の中小企業も世界に進出する時代である。しかし、チャンスもリスクも国際規模になる為、しっかりとした準備、特に綿密な戦略を練ることは喫緊の課題である。ダイナミックな国際ビジネスの世界、特に複雑なエマージング・マーケットの制度的環境において、日系企業を中心とした勝ちパターンを追求している。

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https://qbs.kyushu-u.ac.jp/exam-candidate/faculty/profile/akiko-sato/

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Research Areas

Humanities & Social Sciences / Business administration

Education

Saint Petersburg State University (SPbU) Graduate School of Management (GSOM)

2018.9 - 2022.6

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Country：Russian Federation
National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) (Moscow Campus) Master's program in Socioeconomic and Political Development of Modern Asia（博士進学のため、中退）

2017.9 - 2018.8

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Country：Russian Federation
SKEMA Business School (Sophia Antipolis Campus) Master of Science in International Business

2005.9 - 2007.8

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Country：France
大妻女子大学文学部英文学科

1998.4 - 2002.3

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Country：Japan

Research Interests・Research Keywords

Research theme： Internationalization process and global strategy of Japanese multinational enterprises (MNEs)

Keyword： Japanese MNEs, Internationalization of firms, Global strategy, Parent-subsidiary relationships

Research period： 2018.9 - Present
Research theme： Institutional issues and non-market strategies in emerging markets

Keyword： Institutions, emerging markets, non-market strategies, Informal institutions, Government-firms relationships

Research period： 2018.9 - Present
Research theme： Internationalization Strategy and HRM Global Integration of Japanese manufacturing MNEs in Southeast Asia

Keyword：多国籍企業、国際化戦略、東南アジア、エマージングマーケット、タレントマネジメント、HRM

Research period： 2025.1 - Present

Awards

2nd prize, the Annual Conference of Eastern Perspectives

2018.3 School of Asian Studies, Faculty of World Economy, and World Politics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University) Entry Strategy of Japanese Companies in Russia

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Award type：Award from international society, conference, symposium, etc. Country：Russian Federation

Papers

Failing Global Talent Management: Microfoundational Frictions in Japanese MNEs in Emerging Markets Reviewed International journal

Akiko Sato, Kunio Ikari

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2026.7

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings) Publisher：Academy of Management

DOI： https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11985poster

DOI： https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11985poster

Other Link： https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11985poster
A Process Study of Liability of Foreignness on Dynamic Capabilities: Japanese MNEs in Emerging Asia Reviewed International journal

Akiko Sato, Kunio Ikari

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2026.7

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings) Publisher：Academy of Management

DOI： https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11983poster

DOI： https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11983poster

Other Link： https://journals.aom.org/doi/abs/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11983poster
SENIOR MANAGEMENT APPOINTMENT PROCESS IN RUSSIAN SUBSIDIARIES OF JAPANESE MULTINATIONALS Reviewed International journal

Akiko Sato

Russian Management Journal 23 ( 1 ) 116 - 138 2025.6

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal)

DOI： 10.21638/spbu18.2025.106

Repository Public URL： https://hdl.handle.net/2324/7429603
The Process Research on CEO Staffing Strategies of Japanese MNEs in Foreign Subsidiary Development Reviewed International journal

Akiko Sato

Academy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings 2025.6

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (international conference proceedings) Publisher：Academy of Management

DOI： 10.5465/AMPROC.2025.15784abstract

Open data URL： https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.15784abstract
Causal mechanisms of COVID-19 disruptive effects on liability of foreignness and the emergence of new firm-specific advantages Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

Akiko Sato, Andrei Panibratov

International Business Review 32 ( 4 ) 2023.8 （ ISSN:0969-5931 ）

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Elsevier

There is the need for comprehensive research on the disruptive effects of COVID-19 on international business (IB) in preparation for future disruption. However, we know little about the causal mechanisms of the phenomenon which impacted IB. Based on a case study of a Japanese automotive firm in Russia, we investigate how firms tackle institutional entrepreneurship with firm-specific advantages to overcome the disruptive effects. Consequently, the pandemic increased institutional costs due to greater uncertainty in Russian regulatory institutions. To manage this, the firm developed new firm-specific advantages to deal with the increasing uncertainty of regulative institutions. The firm united with other firms to motivate public officials to advocate for semi-official debates. Our study contributes to extending intersecting studies on the liability of foreignness and firm-specific advantages through the lens of institutional entrepreneurship. We propose a holistic conceptual process model of the causal mechanisms and a novel construct for new firm-specific advantages.

DOI： 10.1016/j.ibusrev.2023.102142

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Open data URL： https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969593123000422?via%3Dihub
Revisiting the concepts of liability of foreignness and liability of outsidership from foreign subsidiary management perspective Reviewed International journal

Akiko Sato

Vestnik of Saint Petersburg University. Management 21 ( 1 ) 19 - 46 2022.6 （ ISSN:1605-7953 eISSN:2587-5868 ）

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Saint Petersburg State University

The concepts of liability of foreignness and liability of outsidership have been central in international business research. The Uppsala model explains that firms often face obstacles and opportunities in management practices in a host market when internationalizing abroad. International business scholars discussed these concepts redundantly but vaguely in the literature. Only a few literature sources defined and utilized the concepts clearly over the last decade, however, it has not been demonstrated how the key constructs help to explain firms’ foreign subsidiary management. Therefore, the study reconsiders the concepts and identifies a proper utilization of the concepts in the texts drawing on an intensive systematic literature review in the leading international business and strategy journals from 2011 to 2021. The study also analyzes the articles in which the authors find ambiguous and overlapping use of the concepts by clarifying key constructs as identifiers. The study integrates defensive and offensive options for overcoming liability of foreignness and liability of outsidership into our conceptual model of operational structures from the foreign subsidiary management perspectives. The study contributes by providing a novel intensive literature review of the concepts over the last decade; by clarifying the key identifiers to distinguish the concepts in the leading international business and strategy journals; by proposing newly integrated conceptual models of defensive and offensive options from foreign subsidiary management perspectives with the focus on intra-organizational structures for operational aspects.

DOI： 10.21638/11701/spbu08.2022.102

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Repository Public URL： https://hdl.handle.net/2324/7360329

Open data URL： https://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/revisiting-the-concepts-of-liability-of-foreignness-and-liability-of-outsidership-from-foreign-subsidiary-management-perspective/viewer
Transforming the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership: a comparative study of Japanese automotive subsidiaries in Russia Reviewed International coauthorship International journal

Akiko Sato, Andrei Panibratov

Asia Pacific Business Review 30 ( 1 ) 72 - 93 2022.5 （ ISSN:1360-2381 eISSN:1743-792X ）

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Authorship：Lead author,　Corresponding author Language：English Publishing type：Research paper (scientific journal) Publisher：Taylor & Francis Group

This study investigates the mechanisms that transform the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership. Debates on transforming the liability of foreignness into assets of foreignness have been emerging, but transforming the liability of outsidership into assets of outsidership remains unclear. Drawing on organizational learning perspectives, we provide a comparative study of Japanese automotive subsidiaries in Russia. We suggest that advanced economy multinational enterprises in emerging markets benefit from local networks with a local partner but not from non-experience-based firm-specific advantages. Our study contributes to current debates in the literature by presenting the novel concept of ‘assets of outsidership’ and discussing the mechanisms of this transformation.

DOI： 10.1080/13602381.2022.2079280

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Presentations

A Process Study of Liability of Foreignness on Dynamic Capabilities: Japanese MNEs in Emerging Asia Invited International conference

Akiko Sato, Kunio Ikari

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2026.7 Academy of Management

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Event date： 2026.7 - 2026.8

Language：English Presentation type：Poster presentation

Venue：Philadelphia, USA

DOI： https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11983poster
Failing Global Talent Management: Microfoundational Frictions in Japanese MNEs in Emerging Markets Invited

Akiko Sato, Kunio Ikari

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2026 2026.7 Academy of Management

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Event date： 2026.7 - 2026.8

Language：English Presentation type：Poster presentation

Venue：Philadelphia, USA

DOI： https://doi.org/10.5465/AMPROC.2026.11985poster
The Internationalization of Emerging Market Multinationals in Advanced Economies: Comparative Case Studies of Thai Hospitality Multinationals in Japan Invited International coauthorship International conference

Rapeeporn Rungsithong, Akiko Sato

Association of Japanese Business Studies 38tg Annual Conference 2026.6 Association of Japanese Business Studies

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Event date： 2026.6

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Manchester, UK
The Process Research on CEO Staffing Strategies of Japanese MNEs in Foreign Subsidiary Development in Russia: A Temporal Perspective International conference

Akiko Sato

Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business 2025 2025.6 Academy of International Business

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Event date： 2025.6 - 2025.7

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Louisville, KY Country：United States
Fostering Young and Mid-Career IB Scholars to Develop “That’s Interesting!” Research and Career Invited International coauthorship International conference

T. Fang, P. Buckley, C. Boafo, A Sato, A. Giroud, K Meyer, M. Raskovic, R. Lunnan, T. Wei

Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy 2024 2024.12 European International Business Academy

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Event date： 2024.12

Language：English Presentation type：Symposium, workshop panel (public)

Venue：Helsinki Country：Finland

国際ビジネスを専門とする若手研究者に向けて、どのようにキャリア構築を考えていくべきかの学会発表
Institutionalization of HRM practices through local isomorphism in Japanese subsidiaries of Anglo-Saxon MNCs: A legitimacy perspective International coauthorship International conference

Andrei Panibratov, Dmitrii Fefelov, Akiko Sato, Marina Latukha

Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business 2024 2024.7 Academy of International Business

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Event date： 2024.7

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Seoul Country：Korea, Republic of

多国籍企業における国際HRMにおけるケーススタディの立証研究の学会発表
Sublimating liability of foreignness during COVID-19 towards absorptive capacity: The case of a Japanese automotive MNC in Russia International coauthorship International conference

Akiko Sato, Andrei Panibratov

GSOM Emerging Markets Conference 2021.10 Graduate School of Management, Saint Petersburg State University

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Event date： 2021.10

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Saint Petersburg Country：Russian Federation
Determinants for Removal or Remaining of Expatriate Outsiders: Control and Trust Dynamics in Foreign Subsidiary Management of Japanese MNCs Over Time International coauthorship International conference

Akiko Sato, Andrei Panibratov

Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business 2021 2021.6 Academy of International Business

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Event date： 2021.6

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Online (due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
Impacts of Local Top Management in the Liability of Foreignness: The Case of Japanese MNCs in Russia International coauthorship International conference

Akiko Sato, Andrei Panibratov

Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy 2020.12 European International Business Academy

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Event date： 2020.12

Language：English Presentation type：Poster presentation

Venue：Online (due to the Covid-19 pandemic)
What or Who Drives Transformation of the Liability of Outsidership to Asset of Outsidership? A Case of Japanese MNCs in Russia International coauthorship International conference

Akiko Sato, Andrei Panibratov

GSOM Emerging Markets Conference 2020.11 Graduate School of Management, Saint Petersburg State University

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Event date： 2020.11

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Saint Petersburg Country：Russian Federation
What Drives the 'Digital Economy' Evolutions? The Case of Japan Invited International conference

Akiko Sato

Digital New Challenges for the Global Economy: The Eurasian Perspective and Beyond 2019.11 Faculty of Economics, Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Event date： 2019.11

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (invited, special)

Venue：Moscow Country：Russian Federation

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Internationalization of Japanese Multinational Firms in Russia: Multinational Cultural Management Perspectives Invited International conference

Akiko Sato

The VIII Forum of Russian and Japanese Universities' Rectors and the Second Meeting of The Association of Russian and Japanese Universities 2019.9 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Hokkaido University

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Event date： 2019.9

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (invited, special)

Venue：Moscow Country：Russian Federation
Entry Strategy of Japanese Companies in Russia International conference

Akiko Sato

The Annual Conference of Eastern Perspectives 2018.5 School of Asian Studies, Faculty of World Economy, and World Politics, National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University)

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Event date： 2018.5

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (general)

Venue：Moscow Country：Russian Federation
Perspectives Views on Economic Cooperation in a Triangle Form of ASEAN, Japan, and Russia: Locating Vietnam as a mediator in Energy and Infrastructure Projects in Vietnam Invited International conference

Akiko Sato

The ASEAN Roundtable 2018.4 The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy, and Public Administration (RANEPA)

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Event date： 2018.4

Language：English Presentation type：Symposium, workshop panel (nominated)

Venue：Moscow Country：Russian Federation
New Tax Convention between Japan and Russia Invited International conference

Akiko Sato

Moscow International WCO Model 2018.3 Russian Customs Academy

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Event date： 2018.3

Language：English Presentation type：Oral presentation (keynote)

Venue：Moscow Country：Russian Federation

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Professional Memberships

Academy of Management

2018.9 - Present
Academy of International Business

2018.9 - Present
Strategic Management Society

2024.5 - Present
European International Business Academy

2019.1 - Present
Association of Japanese Business Studies

2018.9 - Present
九州経済学会

2024.6 - Present

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Academic Activities

Ad-hoc reviewer International contribution

Role(s)： Peer review

Asia Pacific Business Review (5-year IF: 2.6 in 2023) 2022.8 - Present

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Reviewer International contribution

Role(s)： Peer review

Academy of Management Annual Meeting 2018 - Present

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Type：Peer review
Reviewer International contribution

Role(s)： Peer review

Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2018 - Present

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Type：Peer review
Reviewer International contribution

Role(s)： Peer review

European International Business Academy 2018 - Present

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Other

「東南アジアにおける日系製造業における本社と海外現地法人間の国際化戦略と、それに伴うグローバルタレントマネジメント・システムの統合」に関する研究

2025.1 - Present

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2025

Class subject

国際ビジネス

2026.4 - Present First semester
国際経営

2025.4 - Present First semester
アジアの産業と企業

2025.10 - Present Second semester
グローバル経営

2025.4 - Present First semester
プロジェクト演習(ゼミ)

2025.4 - Present Full year

Visiting, concurrent, or part-time lecturers at other universities, institutions, etc.

2026 チュラロンコン・ビジネススクール、チュラロンコン大学（バンコク、タイ王国） Classification:Intensive course Domestic/International Classification:Overseas

Semester, Day Time or Duration：2025-2026 Winter-Spring
2018 ロシア連邦大統領直属国民経済・行政アカデミー (RANEPA)（モスクワ、ロシア連邦） Classification:Part-time lecturer Domestic/International Classification:Overseas

Semester, Day Time or Duration：2017-2018 Winter-Spring

Participation in international educational events, etc.

2025.12

ハーバードビジネススクール（HBS）

Faculty Development (Teaching with Cases seminar)

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Venue：Boston, MA
2025.1

九州大学ビジネススクール（QBS)、ロシア国立研究大学経済高等学院 (HSE)

日本のビジネスとマネジメントに関する国際教育シンポジウム

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Venue：福岡市、日本

Number of participants：20
2024.9

九州大学ビジネススクール（QBS）学生会

ICABEスタディツアー（フィリピン）

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Venue：マニラ、フィリピン

Other educational activity and Special note

2026 Lecture at Education Method and Practice 半導体経営人材育成リカレントプログラム（令和６年度補正予算「リカレント教育エコシステム構築支援事業」）

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リカレント教育プログラム開発担当者
2025 Lecture at Education Method and Practice Certified educator, Harvard Business Impact, Harvard Business School
2024 Device of Educational Contents 半導体経営人材の教育プログラム開発に向けたリレーション構築や情報収集

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2025

Social Activities

インド Indian Institute of Management バンガロールの表敬訪問受け入れ、及び今後のビジネススクールとの研究・教育の協働体制の検討

Role(s)：Organizing member

Indian Institute of Management (バンガロール, インド)、九州大学ビジネススクール（QBS） Indian Institute of Management (バンガロール, インド)の表敬訪問、及び今後のビジネススクールとの研究・教育の協働体制の検討 2025.4
ロシア国立研究大学高等経済研究院ビジネスビジネススクール所属の学生の受け入れ (日本ビジネスに関する教育セミナーの開催）

Role(s)：Lecturer

ロシア国立研究大学高等経済学院 National Research University Higher School of Economics、九州大学ビジネススクール（QBS）ロシア人学生との交流、及び日本ビジネスに関する教育セミナー（学生向け） 2025.1

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Type：Seminar, workshop

日本のビジネスやマネジメントの特徴や疑問に答える国際シンポジウム（20名弱の参加＠西新プラザ）
ソウル国立大学ビジネススクール(韓国)の表敬訪問受け入れ、及び今後のビジネススクールとの研究・教育の協働体制の検討

Role(s)：Organizing member

九州大学ビジネススクール、ソウル国立大学ビジネススクール 2024.6
サンクトペテルブルク日本商工会におけるロシア人材マネジメントと、サンクトペテルブルグ国立大学の研究センターのご紹介

Role(s)：Lecturer

サンクトペテルブルグ日本商工会月次会議 2018.12

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Audience：Company,　Governmental agency

Type：Lecture

Acceptance of Foreign Researchers, etc.

Acceptance period： 2026.7 - 2026.9 （Period）：1 month or more

Business entity：On-campus funds