■Conference on IT Innovation
Date: December 13th abd 14th 2004ren
Venue: Sano-Shoin Hall at Hitotsubashi University, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan
Supported by the Japan Patent Office |
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2004.12.13 |
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IPR, Standards and Competition Policy for Cumulative Innovation |
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9:15 Welcoming remark: Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University)
An Address: Kunihiko Shimano (Director of Academic I.P. Advancement Office,
General Affairs Department, Japan Patent Office)
Session #1: IPR and standards
Chair: Hideshi Itoh ( Hitotsubashi University)
9:30 to 10:45: Lead paper “Digital Rights Management and the Pricing of Digital Products”
Suzanne Scotchmer (University of California, Berkeley)
Discussant: Kazuharu Kiyono (Waseda University)
11:00 to 12:00: “Coalition formation for a consortium standard through a standard body and a
patent pool: theory and some evidence from MPEG, DVD and 3G standard“
Reiko Aoki (Hitotsubashi University) and Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University)
Discussant: Suzanne Scotchmer (University of California, Berkeley)
12:00 to 13:00: “Emergence of essential patents in technical standards: implications of the
continuation and divisional application systems and the written description
requirement“
Masayoshi Omachi (Hitotsubashi University)
Discussant: John Walsh (University of Illinois at Chicago) |
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Session # 2: IPR and competition
Chair: Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University)
14:00 to 15:15: Lead Paper “Creative Destruction in the PC Industry“
Timothy Bresnahan (Stanford University )
Discussant: Hiroyuki Odagiri (Hitotsubashi University)
15:30 to 16:30: “Does file sharing reduce the music CD sales? – A case of Japan-“
Tatsuo Tanaka (Keio University)
Discussant: Yosuke Okada (Hitotsubashi University)
16:30 to 17:30: “Antitrust analysis of US, EU, and Japanese Microsoft cases: How to regulate
abusive conduct by a holder of dominant platform software”
Toshiaki Takigawa (Kansai University)
Discussant: Jiro Tamura (Keio University) |
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2004.12.14 |
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Creation and Diffusion of IT Innovation |
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9:15 to 10:30
Keynote Speech: “Information Technology and the World Economy”
Dale W. Jorgenson (Harvard University)
Session #1: Technology drivers for IT innovation Chair: Kazuyuki Motohash (University of Tokyo)
10:45 to 12:00: Lead paper “Moore’s law and the economics of semiconductor price trends”
Kenneth Flamm (University of Texas at Austin)
Discussant: Hiroshi Ohashi (University of Tokyo)
12:00 to 13:00: “Patent quality, cumulative innovation and market value+ Do speed, science
linkage, focus and new entry matter in IT inventions? “
Sadao Nagaoka (Hitotsubashi University)
Discussant: Shigeru Asaba (Gakushuin University)
14:00 to 15:00: “Complexity and limit of organization faced by science-based industries in
Japan: cases of microlithography industry”
Hiroyuki Chuma （Hitotsubashi University）
Discussant: Jun Saito (Nikon Corporation)
Session #2: Innovations in IT using industry
Chair: Hiroyuki Odagiri (Hitotsubashi University)
15:15 to 16:15: “Firm level analysis of information network use and performance:
U.S. vs. Japan”
B K. Atrostic (U.S. Census Bureau), Kazuyuki Motohashi (University of Tokyo) and Sang
Nguyen (U.S. Census Bureau)
Discussant: Kenneth Flamm (University of Texas at Austin)
16:15 to 17:15: “The Economic impacts of ICT- A European Perspective“
Dirk Pilat (OECD)
Discussant: Dale W. Jorgenson (Harvard University)
17:15 to 18:15: “IT, Enterprise Reform and Productivity in Chinese Manufacturing Firms”
Kazuyuki Motohashi (University of Tokyo) and Ximing Yue(Chinese Academy of Social
Science)
Discussant: Sanghoon Ahn (Hitotsubashi University) |
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