Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research

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?”…

IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2025 2025.8.28-29

■IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2025(Hybrid) This year, the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University will hold the 3rd IIR Innovation Research Workshop. To promote, drive, and boost innovation research, we welcome students, researchers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and creativity. Date: August 28-29, 2025Venue: Multipurpose Room, Mercury Tower 7F, Kunitachi-east campus, Hitotsubashi University(2-4 Higashi, Kunitachi, Tokyo)& ZOOM Meeting*Audience members will be able to join us online and in-person. CALL for PAPERSDeadline: May 30, 2025CLICK HERE CALL for AUDIENCEDeadline: 9:00, August 21, 2025CLICK HERE ProgramTBA (Program 2024)

Innovation Forum 2025.6.30 SHORT, Cole Evan

Date:June 30(Monday), 2025from 16:30 to 17:30 Topic:“Rare Diseases, Real Options: Unlocking Strategic Value in Pharmaceutical Innovation” Speaker:SHORT, Cole Evan(Assistant Professor, Pepperdine University/Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University) Venue:onsiteIIR Laboratory 1 (Room#119) of the first floor of the IIR building Organizer:Padrón-Hernández, Ivar This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. Deadline:9:00, June 30, 2025 For registration, please click on “Innovation Forum” below. Innovation Forum

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

Business Review Vol.72 No.4 SPR. 2025

Vol.72 No.4 SPR. 2025 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese,which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BYHitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation ResearchPUBLISHED BYToyo Keizai Inc. Rethinking Capitalism : The Evolving Expectations for Firms and Leaders Ikujiro Nonaka / Emi Osono“Crisis of Modern Management and Dynamic Duality” Takashi Mitachi“Managing through Two Juxtapositioned Times” Takashi Nawa “Implementing Purpose by Embedding Ethics in the Organization” Nobuhiro Endo“Efforts to Get to the Core or Very Essence of New Value Creation” Yuki Mizobuchi / Nozomi Torii / Kenji Shino“Use Business as a Force for Good” Kohei Takashima“Solving Social Issues of Food through Business” ●Content Business Reflecting Society (2)Fumihiko Ikuine ●Introduction to Strategic…

New Specially Appointed Assistant Professor / Researcher Profile You, Kyoungmin

You, Kyoungmin Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (2025.5.1~) Specialty: Management of Technology, Intellectual property management 【Career】2013               BBA., School of Business Administration, Kyungpook National University.2013-2016     Senior Consultant., GBS Consulting., Inc.2022               MBA., Graduate school of Business Sciences, University of Tsukuba.2025               Ph.D., Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University.2025-present Project Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Kanagawa University.2025-present Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Junior Fellow), Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University.2025-present Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University. 【Recent Research Themes】OB and its impact on firm innovation in the standardization of wireless communication…

Business Review Vol.72 No.3 WIN. 2024

Vol.72 No.3 WIN. 2024 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese,which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BYHitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation ResearchPUBLISHED BYToyo Keizai Inc. Social Data Science : Bridging Data and Practice Naohiro Shichijo“Empowering the Captains of Industry: Social Data Science as a Catalyst for Change” Yutaka Soejima“The Accelerated Evolution of Generative AI and DX in Social Systemss” Atsuo Akai“Perspectives on Evidence-based Policy Making and Socio-economic Digital Transformation” Chihiro Shimizu“Specialisation of “Man” and “Machine”: Can AI Solve the Problem of Empty Homes in Japan’s Shrinking Population Areas?” Atsushi Hiyama“From Promoting Social Participation of Older Adults to Multi-generational Co-creation of Communities” Mayu Terada“Promoting AI Utilization and…

Forum 2025.4.9 David A. Kirsch

Date:April 9(Wednesday), 2025from 17:30 to 19:00 Topic:“Unlocking Generality: Resurfacing Uncertainty Across Applications of the Lithium-ion Battery” Speaker:David A. Kirsch(Associate Professor at the Robert H. Smith School of Business and the College of Information Studies (by courtesy) at the University of Maryland) Abstract:Studies of industry emergence have often generated insights from empirical contexts with a one-to-one correspondence between a technology and its application. In parallel, studies of general-purpose technologies (GPTs) have documented the economic impact and versatility of technologies with broad downstream applications, although these studies often abstract away from the endogenous and gradual process through which a single technology underpins multiple downstream markets, in practice assuming that “generality” is an…

New Visiting Associate Professor / Researcher Profile SHORT, Cole Evan

Prof. SHORT, Cole EvanVisiting Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2025.4.4 – 2025.7.9)Assistant Professor of Strategy, Graziadio Business School, Pepperdine Universityhttps://bschool.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/cole-short/ 【Recent Research Themes】Strategic factors that inform innovation, such as how organizations seize emerging market opportunities or navigate AI’s impacts.

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