Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research

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IIR Summer School 2018 2018.8.25-26

summer school/innovation research workshop

■IIR Summer School 2018 Date: August 25-26, 2018 Venue: Sano-shoin Hall of Hitotsubashi University Organized by: Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University Opening 10:00-10:15: Yaichi Aoshima Session1: (Chair: Kan) •10:15-10:55: Ivar Padrón-Hernández “Enablers and tactics of MNC subsidiary influence on headquarter strategic initiatives” •10:55-11:35: ElHassan ElSabry “Can philanthropy compensate for the decline in public research funding? Analyzing research funded by members of the Science Philanthropy Alliance” •11:35-12:15: Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi “You can learn more from those who copied your knowledge than from your alliance partners: A technological return from knowledge spillovers to originating firms” Lunch: 12:15-13:15 Session2: (Chair: Nakajima) •13:15-13:55: Maria Vasileva Ilieva & Jin-ichiro Yamada “BoD Decision-making Process for Renovation after a…

Director’s Message

IIR News

The Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research was established in 1997 as the first organization in Japan to research innovation from the viewpoint of the social sciences. Since then, innovation has grown steadily in importance. Whether it is declining birthrates and ageing populations, energy and environmental problems, weakening international competitiveness, or problems such as the rising cost of social safety nets or the widening gap between rich and poor, our societies are facing multiple challenges. Finding fundamental solutions to these problems seems beyond our grasp if we merely continue with our traditional approach. Contemporary society demands innovation from a variety of perspectives, including technologies, organizations, institutional systems, and social systems….

Byeongwoo, KANG, Assistant Professor, received Young Scholars Award 2018 from the International Schumpeter Society

Award, IIR News

  Byeongwoo, KANG, Assistant Professor, received Young Scholars Award 2018 from the International Schumpeter Society   Organization: The International Schumpeter Society Award: Young Scholars Award 2018Article Title:How Does Innovation Occur in India? Evidence from the JIRICO Survey Abstract:This paper reports the results of the JIRICO survey to shed light on the drivers and obstacles to innovation in India, and how the intellectual property rights system, particularly patents, play a role in the larger innovation ecosystem of the country. Findings are on three issues: (1) Motivation of Innovation activity, (2) innovation activities in India, (3) Challenges for innovation activity, (4) Protection strategy of innovation activity, and (5) commercialization strategy of innovation activity in…

Awards

IIR News

December 1, 2023 Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Assistant Professor and Junya Kataoka, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, received Best Paper Award at 38th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management. September 5, 2023 Professor Masaru Karube received the Japan Academy of Business Administration Award (Best Paper). July 13, 2023 Geer He, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, received Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award. August 18, 2021 Professor Kentaro NAKAJIMA received the Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award. June 30, 2021 Professor Kentaro NAKAJIMA received the AREUEA National Conference Best Paper Award January 8, 2021 Professor Yaichi Aoshima received Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award December 22, 2020…

Forum 2018.7.11 Wen Pan Fagerlin

Forum, IIR News

Innovation Forum 2018.7.11 Wen Pan Fagerlin Topic: “Participation, Facilitation and Empowerment – A Study of Top Managers’ Involvement in Control Practices of Innovation Processes,” Speaker: Wen Pan Fagerlin (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Visiting Researcher at Hitotsubashi University) Date: July 11th (Wednesday)  2018 from 11:00 to 12:15 Place: AV Conference room (Room#215) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer: 　Masaru Karube

Ryo TANIGUCHI, Adjunct Research Associate, received the 34th Annual Takamiya Award for Best Paper from the Academic Association for Organizational Science

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Ryo TANIGUCHI, Adjunct Research Associate, received the 34th Annual Takamiya Award for Best Paper from the Academic Association for Organizational Science Organization:  The Academic Association for Organizational Science Award:  Takamiya Award for Best Paper Date:  June 9, 2018 Award Winner:  Adjunct Research Associate Ryo TANIGUCHI Article Title:  Successful Resource Acquisition-Induced-Resource Allocation Failures: A Case Study of Symbolic Management on “Biomass Nippon Strategy” Abstract: Drawing on management literature, this paper examines the shortcomings of contemporary budget allocation procedures in the Japanese government. In order to improve efficiency in utilizing the national budget, the Japanese government has promoted priority-driven budgeting. However, such efforts have often end in failure because the government tends…

Forum 2018.6.27 Ivar Padrón-Hernández

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Innovation Forum 2018.6.27 Ivar Padrón-Hernández Topic: “MNC Subsidiary Strategy and Institutional Responses in PET Bottle Reverse Vending” Speaker: Ivar Padrón-Hernández (Affiliated Researcher, European Institute of Japanese Studies,Stockholm School of  Economics) Date: June 27th (Wednesday)  2018 from 12:40 to 14:00 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer: 　Masaru Karube  Abstract:How do host country institutions affect strategic choice and institutional responses by subsidiaries in multinational corporations (MNCs)? This paper addresses the above question through a comparative study of three subsidiaries within Tomra, a Norwegian recycling machinery firm. Specifically, I contrast regulative, cognitive and normative institutions surrounding deposit versus non-deposit reverse vending of PET ｂottles in the United…

Business Review Vol.66 No.1 SUM. 2018

Hitotsubashi Buisiness Review

Vol.66 No.1 SUM. 2018 (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. Science of “Work and Life Shift” Yasuhiro Hattori“Work Style Diversification and Changing Nature of Psychological Contracts“ Isamu Yamamoto“Firm Performance and the Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement: Evidence from Japanese Firm Panel Data“ Hattori Seminor of Yokohama National University“Sexual-division-of-labor and Women’s Promotional Motivation“ Hiromi Sakazume“Managerial Behaviors Depended on Subordinate Gender Differences“ Hattori Seminor of Yokohama National University“Antecedents of Overtime Work and Job Stress“Yuta Morinaga“Does Team-based Health Promotion Practice Increase Employee’s Well-being?: Exploring Next Stage of Health and Productivity Management through Focusing…

Forum 2018.7.10 Niraj S. Mankad

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Innovation Forum 2018.7.10 Niraj S. Mankad Topic: “Open Innovation and Creation of Products and Services in the Media Economy” Speaker: Niraj S. Mankad (Assistant Professor, School of Business, FLAME University) Date: July 10th (Tuesday)  2018 from 12:40 to 14:10 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer: 　Yaichi Aoshima Abstract:An important characteristic of media firms is the element of content embodied into their products and services. Media content is an amalgamation with ideas, art and culture at the core and manifested as the firm’s product or service. This article studies the creation of media products from an innovation management perspective and demonstrates how their…

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