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Professor Yaichi AOSHIMA received the 60th Mainichi Shimbun Economist Prize

Professor Yaichi AOSHIMA received the 60th Mainichi Shimbun Economist Prize. Organization: Mainichi Shimbun Award: Mainichi Shimbun Economist Prize Date: March 30, 2020 Award Winner: Professor Masatoshi FUJIWARA and Yaichi AOSHIMA Book Title: Mechanisms for the Long-term Innovation: A History of the RO Membrane’s Technological Development, Tokyo: Toyokeizai, August 2019, 456 pages Each year, the Mainichi Shimbun Economist Prize, under the auspices of Mainichi Shimbun Economist editorial department, is awarded to the authors of a book that has significant empirical and theoretical contributions. Selected from books published between January and December 2019, the 60th Economist Prize was awarded to Professors Fujiwara and Aoshima for Mechanisms for Long-term Innovation: A History of…

Business Review Vol.67 No.4 SPR. 2020

Vol.67 No.4 SPR. 2020 (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. Tokyo: Future Perspective beyond 2020 Heizo Takenaka“The Fourth Industrial Revolution and “Super City”“ Tomohiro Okada“Intercity Competition for “Creativity” of Global Scale“ Tomoyuki Sugiyama“Road to the Most Unique City in the World“ Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi / Yuuki Maruyama / Yuri Hirai / Toshiya Watanabe“Why “Hongo Valley” Attracts High-tech Academic Spin-offs?: Determinants of an Academic Spin-off Cluster“ Seiichiro Yonekura / Koichi Watari / Etsuko Watari“Post Functional Olympics: Tokyo as an Emerging City“Hitoshi Kinoshita“Regional Strategy as “External Pressure” to Transform Tokyo“Ikujiro Nonaka“Humanizing Strategy: Narrative Approach“…

Researcher Profile Higham, Kyle

Higham, Kyle  Specially Appointed Research Associate Complex Systems Science (Patents, Knowledge diffusion, Science of Science)Born: 1992 E-mail: higham☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)Phone: +81-42-580-8434Fax: +81-42-580-8410 【Career】2013         B.Sc. (Physics and Mathematics), Victoria University of Wellington2014         B.Sc. (Hons.), Physics, First Class, Victoria University of Wellington2019         Ph.D. (Physics), Victoria University of Wellington2019         Postdoctoral Scientist, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne2020-present   Specially Appointed Research Associate,          Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Recent Research Themes】Diffusion of inventions and ideas from the perspective of complex systems scienceCitation dynamics and bibliographic network growthMeasurement of patent qualityModernisation of patent systems…

Researcher Profile Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Padrón-Hernández, Ivar  Assistant Professor International business, strategic management and organization theoryWeb: https://sites.google.com/view/ivar-padronhernandez 【Career】2010        B.Sc. International Business, Gothenburg University2012        M.Sc. International Business and Trade, Gothenburg University2017-       Affiliated Researcher, European Institute of Japanese Studies,Stockholm School of Economics2018-2019 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Keio University2019        Ph.D. Business Administration, Department of Marketing and Strategy,Stockholm School of Economics2020-       Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】The Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2020⏩Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS), August 2020Achievements:When International Strategy Meets Local Institutions: Subsidiary Influence in the Context of Headquarter Initiatives 【Recent Research Themes】Multinational corporationsHeadquarter-subsidiary relationsGlobal strategyNews reactions to economic partnership agreements  

Researcher Profile EUM, Wonsub

EUM Wonsub  Specially Appointed Research Associate Economic Complexity, Technological Diversification, Co-evolution of Production and InnovationBorn: 1990 E-mail: eum☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)Phone: +81-42-580-8434Fax: +81-42-580-8410 【Career】2008-2011   B.A., Economics (with honors), UC Berkeley2012-2020   Ph.D., Engineering (Technology Management), Seoul National University2020-present     Specially Appointed Research Associate, Institute of Innovation  Research,           Hitotsubashi University 【Recent Research Themes】Knowledge specialization and diversification Trade flow and knowledge transferIndustrial structure and economic growth

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