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Business Review Vol.74 No.2 AUT. 2026

Hitotsubashi Buisiness Review

Vol.74 No.2 AUT. 2026 (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. Toward Becoming a “Company of Choice” in Japan: A Turning Point in the Management of Foreign Talent Sumire Miyajima“Expanding Foreign Talent Employment: New Horizons in Corporate Management Opened by Highly Skilled Foreign Professionals” Kaoru Sonoda “Ideals and Realities of Employment Relationships between Japanese Large Firms and Skilled Migrants” Kiyoshi Hori / Hiroko Nakahara“Foreign Talent Utilization in SMEs:: The Transition from Technical Intern Training to Training and Employment and the Challenge of Becoming an Employer of Choice” Yoshimi Yamada / Hikaru Fukanuma“The Reality…

Innovation Forum 2026.9.30 Linus Büttner

Forum, IIR News

Date：September 30（Wednesday), 2026from 16:00 to 17:30 Topic:“The Visual Mode of Cultural Resonance: Evidence from Film Markets” Speaker:Linus Büttner(Research Associate & Doctoral Candidate, Goethe University Frankfurt, Chair of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Frankfurt / Visiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University) Venue:onsiteIIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:Kang, Byeongwoo  This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. Deadline:9:00, September 30, 2026 For registration, please click on “Innovation Forum” below. Innovation Forum

Report on IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2026

summer school/innovation research workshop

IIR Innovation Research Workshop was held at Mercury Hall, Hitotsubashi University and online on August 27 & 28, 2026. 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 15 presentations were delivered. We were honored to welcome Prof. Po-Hsuan HSU from National Tsing Hua University as our guest keynote speaker. The Best Presentation Award was presented to Ms. Wenzhuo Niu, a PhD student at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.The title of her presentation was “Labor Market Information and Technological Convergence”. This year’s IIR…

NEWS　IIR Annual Report has been published online.

Annual Report, IIR News

IIR Annual Report has been published online. The IIR Annual Report for academic year 2022-2023 has been published. It gives detailed information on research and education activities of IIR. The PDF file can be downloaded from here. Introduction An Overview of the Institute of Innovation Research 1. Research Activities 1) Innovation Research Forum 2) Brown Bag Lunch Seminar 3) Conferences 2. Researchers 1) Full-time Researchers 2) Postdoctoral Fellows 3) International Visiting Researchers 3. Education 1) Courses Given by the IIR Faculty Members 2) Innovation Management and Policy Program 4. Research Results / Publications 1) Hitotsubashi Business Review 2) Working Papers 3) Case Studies Editor and Publisher: Hitotsubashi University Institute of…

Business Review Vol.74 No.1 SUM. 2026

Hitotsubashi Buisiness Review

Vol.74 No.1 SUM. 2026 (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. Knowledge Creation in the Age of AI : Why Humanity Matters More Than Ever Hirotaka Takeuchi“Nonaka Ikujiro’s Way of Life: Past, Present, and Future” Shigeru Taguchi“Enactive and Mediation-Focused Management:A Philosophical Reinterpretation of Nonaka’s Knowledge Creation Theory” Satoshi Akutsu“Wise Leadership as a Driver of Knowledge Creation” Yusaku Takeda“From Slogan to Practice: Organizational Knowledge Creation as an “Inside-out” Theory of Corporate Purpose and Social Value Creation” Theresa Bandtel / Ann-Kristin Weiser / Georg von Krogh  “Revisiting Ba in the Age of Generative AI” Jiro…

New Visiting Professor GOLSORKHI, Damon

IIR News

Prof. GOLSORKHI, Damon Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2026.8.1 – 2027.7.31)Professor, EM Lyon Business Schoolhttps://research.em-lyon.com/esploro/profile/damon_golsorkhi/overview 【Recent Research Themes】Strategic management at the intersection of strategy, sociology, history, and social theory, exploring several interconnected subthemes

Professor Masaru Karube and Yuki Miyazawa (Doctoral Program and IMPP, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University) receive the Best Paper Award in two divisions at the 2026 Academy of Management Annual Meeting.

Award, IIR News

Professor Masaru Karube and Yuki Miyazawa were simultaneously awarded the Best Paper Award in two divisions—the Organization and Natural Environment (ONE) Division and the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division—at the 2026 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. This international academic conference is organized by the US-based Academy of Management (AOM). 【Organization and Natural Environment Division】 Presentation date : August 3, 2026  11:30AM – 1:00PM ET (GMT-4/UTC-4) at Sheraton in Salon 3 (Philadelphia, USA) Award Winner : Ryoji Miyawaki（Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University） Masaru Karube（Director and Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University） Jin-ichiro Yamada（Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University） Yuki Miyazawa（Doctoral Program and IMPP, Graduate School of Business…

Byeongwoo Kang, Professor received R&D Management Workshop 2026 Best Paper Award

Award, IIR News

Organizer:R&D Management Workshop 2026 Award:R&D Management Workshop 2026 Best Paper Award Date:May 29, 2026 Award Winner:Eunjung Hyun (Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, Hongik University)Tae-Seok Kim (Associate Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business)Byeongwoo Kang (Professor, IIR) Article Title:“Cross-Industry Talent Mobility and Trajectory-Shaping Innovation in the Automotive Technological Transition” Abstract of the paper:How do incumbent firms generate technologically consequential inventions during industry transitions? We examine this question in the automotive industry, where established automakers have maintained technological dominance while expanding into electric, digital, and softwareintensive domains. We argue that cross-industry inventor mobility serves as an invention-level mechanism of creative accumulation by bringing technologically distant knowledge into incumbent patent teams. Using…

Notice on Summer Vacation

IIR News

To promote energy conservation on campus and to refresh the minds and bodies of faculty and staff, we will have a summer vacation from August 11 to August 16. Offices will be closed during this time. We ask for your cooperation. CLOSED: from Tuesday, August 11, 2026 to Sunday, August 16, 2026 We will resume work on Monday, August 17, 2026. Thank you. IIR, Hitotsubashi University

IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2026 2026.8.27-28

summer school/innovation research workshop

■IIR Innovation Research Workshop 2026（Hybrid） This year, the Institute of Innovation Research at Hitotsubashi University will hold the 4th IIR Innovation Research Workshop. To promote, drive, and boost innovation research, we welcome students, researchers, and practitioners to exchange knowledge and creativity. Date    : August 27-28, 2026Venue : 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 29, 2026CLICK HERE CALL for AUDIENCEDeadline: 9:00, August 20, 2026CLICK HERE ＜Program2026＞

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