Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research

Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Associate Professor received 2025 JPIM Research Forum Best Paper Award

Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Associate Professor, has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2025 JPIM Research Forum, organized by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). His conference paper was recognized for its significant contribution to the field of product development and innovation management.This achievement underscores IIR’s commitment to advancing research with international impact, bridging academia and business practice. Organization:The Product Development and Management Association Award:2025 JPIM Research Forum Best Paper Award Date:September 13, 2025 (Chicago, USA) Award Winner:Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi (Associate Professor, IIR)Atsushi Akiike (Associate Professor, Tohoku University)Sotaro Katsumata (Professor, Osaka University) Article Title:“A technological turbulence in a product category and a borrowing of style from other product categories: An…

Innovation Forum 2025.10.15 Cornelia Storz

Date: October 15(Wednesday), 2025 from 16:00 to 17:30 Topic: “Business Scholars on Boards and Firm Innovation” Speaker: Cornelia Storz (Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt) Abstract: Why do business scholars-directors, rather than STEM scholar-directors, drive firm innovation? This paper addresses this unexpected pattern through an abductive research design combining panel data, interviews, and publication analysis. Drawing on a hand-collected dataset of Chinese listed firms (2008–2018), we show that business scholars on corporate boards enhance innovation by contributing strategic knowledge – higher-order, portable insights rooted in frameworks, heuristics, and theories that help firms navigate the uncertainty inherent in innovation across market dynamics, organizational design, and competitive positioning. We theorize strategic knowledge as a distinct asset, whose impact…

Innovation Forum 2025.10.27 Mauricio Latapí

Date:October 27(Monday), 2025from 14:30 to 16:00 Topic:“Shaping Sustainable Futures: Innovation in Reporting and Zero-Emission Pathways for the Shipping and Energy Sectors” Speaker:Mauricio Latapí(Assistant Professor, Mount Royal University, Canada) Venue:onsiteIIR Laboratory 1 (Room#119) of the first floor of the IIR building Organizer:Karube, Masaru This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. Deadline:9:00, October 27, 2025 For registration, please click on “Innovation Forum” below. Innovation Forum

Research Achievement by Dr. Cole Evan Short

We are pleased to announce that a part of the research conducted by Dr. Cole Evan Short, who stayed at the Institute of Innovation research as a Visiting Associate Professor from April to July 2025, has been published as a co-authored paper in California Management Review Insights. Paper Details:Paper Title: “Why Some CEOs Pursue Growth While Others Play It Safe”Authors: Lorenz Graf-Vlachy, François Neville, and Cole Evan Short Link to the article: https://cmr.berkeley.edu/2025/08/why-some-ceos-pursue-growth-while-others-play-it-safe/

Business Review Vol.73 No.2 AUT. 2025

Vol.73 No.2 AUT. 2025 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese, which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BY Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation Research PUBLISHED BY Toyo Keizai Inc. The Light and Shadow of New Organizational Management Masaru Karube / Daisuke Uchida / Yasuo Fujita “Reconsidering Work-life Balance in the Context of Mental Health Challenges” Satoko Tatsumi “Reconsidering the Meaning of Gathering: Rebuilding Relationships and Management beyond Remote Work” Shoto Furuya  “Why Do They Stay?: Understanding Quiet Committing beyond the Binary of Retention and Turnover” Masahiro Yoshizaki / Ryuta Suzuki “Expectant Stayers: How Expectations toward the Organization Shape Unwilling Retention” Bumpei Sunaguchi / Ryuta Suzuki “Start…

Report on IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2025

IIR Innovation Research Workshop was held at Mercury Hall, Hitotsubashi University and online on August 28 & 29, 2025. The purpose of this IIR Innovation Research Workshop is to promote innovation research by building researcher networks, offering a place for presenting the latest research results, and supporting young researchers. This year, a total of 17 presentations were made. We are honored to welcome Prof. Kenneth Huang (Professor, National University of Singapore) as our guest keynote speaker. The Best Presentation Award was awarded to Prof. Kevin Tseng (Professor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong).The title of his presentation was “Learning via the Band of Brothers: Evidence of Entrepreneurial Spillover”. This year’s…

Professor Beckers from Eindhoven University of Technology and his students visited IIR.

On July 17, Professor Rudi Beckers from Eindhoven University of Technology visited the Institute of Innovation Research  with approximately 20 undergraduate and graduate students, where a joint seminar was held with Professor Byeongwoo Kang. During the seminar, Professor Kang delivered a lecture titled “Corporate Strategy with a Japanese Case Study.” Following the lecture, an active Q&A session and discussions took place with the participating students, providing a valuable opportunity for meaningful exchange on both sides.   The purpose of this visit was to foster international academic collaboration and deepen cross-cultural understanding. It provided an excellent platform for engaging intellectual exchange among all participants.

【Event Report】AMJ Paper & Idea Development Workshop

On Monday, June 23, 2025, the “AMJ Paper & Idea Development Workshop” was held at the Hitotsubashi Hall, with Hitotsubashi University serving as the host institution. Eight editors from the Academy of Management (AOM) traveled to Japan to participate, and a total of 60 researchers from both domestic and international institutions attended the event. The details of the workshop are as follows. The opening remarks were delivered by Professor Yaichi Aoshima of the Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research, who also serves as the President of the Academic Association for Organizational Science. Date: Monday, June 23, 2025, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PMVenue: Hitotsubashi Hall (1st and 2nd Floor Meeting Rooms),…

Business Review Vol.73 No.1 SUM. 2025

Vol.73 No.1 SUM. 2025 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese, which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BY Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation Research PUBLISHED BY Toyo Keizai Inc. Evolution of Business Models : Strategic Thinking for the Future Masatoshi Fujiwara “Dynamism of Business Models” Tatsuhiko Inoue / Masahiro Kondo / Takayuki Sakai “What Makes a Strong Business Model?: An Empirical Research into the Recipe for Business Success” Masahiro Kotosaka  “Revisiting “Business Model” from New Perspectives in Strategic Management Research” Soichi Kariyazono / Yasuji Takahara / Kaori Nakamura / Akitoshi Yoshida “Investors and Business Models” Kensuke Yabe “Why Do Financial Statements Matter for Understanding Business Models?”…

Research Exchange through the EU Educational Support Program “Erasmus+ KA107”

As part of the EU educational support initiative Erasmus+ KA107, we have launched an international collaborative research program focused on green innovation. This initiative promotes international mobility and joint research between graduate students and faculty members of VU University Amsterdam and the Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research (IIR). About the Erasmus+ Program:https://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/chukyo/chukyo4/007/gijiroku/030101/2-7.htm About VU University Amsterdam:https://vu.nl/nl

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