Yuko Aoyama
Research Associate Professor

The George Perkins Marsh Institute
Clark University
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
508.793.7403 phone
email: yaoyama@clarku.edu

Current Research Interests

Professor Aoyama specializes in economic/industrial geography, with a focus on the impact of technologies on global economic change. Currently, she is conducting research on the organizational dynamics of the US logistics industry, geographic aspects of the Internet and wireless commerce, entrepreneurship and regional economic growth, and the impact of culture and creativity on technological innovation.

Selected Publications

Ratick, Samuel, Brian Mecham and Yuko Aoyama. 2008. Locating backup facilities to enhance supply chain disaster resilience. Growth and Change 39 no. 4 (December): 642-666.

Aoyama, Yuko and Samuel J. Ratick. 2007. Competition and inter-firm relations in the age of instant access: Case of the U.S. logistics industry. In Societies and cities in the age of instant access, ed. H. Miller, 311-327. New York: Springer.

Aoyama, Yuko and Samuel J. Ratick. 2007. Trust, transactions, and information technologies in the U.S. logistics industry. Economic Geography 83 no. 2 (April): 159-180.

Aoyama, Yuko, Samuel J. Ratick and Guido Schwarz. 2006. Organizational dynamics of the U.S. logistics industry from an economic geography perspective. Professional Geographer 58 no. 3: 327-340.

Aoyama, Yuko and Guido Schwarz. 2006. The myth of Wal-Martization: Retail globalization and local competition in Japan and Germany. In Wal-Mart world, ed. S. Brunn, 277-293. New York: Routledge.

Izushi, Hiro and Yuko Aoyama. 2006. Industry evolution and cross-sectoral skill transfers: A comparative analysis of the video game industry in Japan, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Environment and Planning A 38 no. 10: 1843-1861.

Parthasarathy, Balaji and Yuko Aoyama. 2006. From software services to R&D services: Local entrepreneurship in the software industry in Bangalore, India. Environment and Planning A 38 no. 7: 1269-1285.

Aoyama, Yuko, Samuel J. Ratick and Guido Schwarz. 2005. Modeling the impacts of business-to-business electronic commerce on the organization of the logistics industry. Geographical Analysis 37 no. 1: 46-68.