Research visit to Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo

Mike Geppert was invited to spend the first half of April 2025 as a guest researcher at Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo. Besides providing insights related own studies on ownership structure changes in European football and giving a presentation, Mike worked with Hide Nakamura and colleagues on current FDI in the J1 League with a special focus on a case study about Yokohama Marinos, an IJV of the Nissan owned club with the British-based holding company City Football Group, the owner of the English club Manchester City.