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Professor Emeritus Toshihiro Nishiguchi Receives the Shoko Research Institute’s Annual Award for Outstanding Studies on Small Business

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Toshihiro Nishiguchi, Professor Emeritus of Hitotsubashi University, has received the Shoko Research Institute’s (SRI) prestigious Annual Award for Outstanding Studies on Small Business. This award is offered to a selection of outstanding books and journal articles that achieve excellence in small-business research. Professor Nishiguchi’s new book, titled Community Capital: The Prosperity and Limits of China’s Wenzhou Entrepreneurial Networks (in Japanese, Yuhikaku, 2016, 458 pp., coauthored with Professor Motoko Tsujita), has won the Main (as opposed to Next-rank) Prize of the SRI’s Award. A product of twelve years of research, hundreds of field visits, and more than seven hundred interviews with Wenzhou and other Chinese entrepreneurs in nineteen countries, including China,…

Forum 2017.2.16 Charles J. McMillan

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Innovation Forum 2017.2.16 Charles J. McMillan Topic:“The Planning Strategy of Strategic Planning:Orientation, Time Constraints, Decisions, Action: Case Studies from Military, Business, and Political Theory” Speaker:Charles J. McMillan（Professor,　Schulich School of Business, York University) Date:February 16th (Thursday)  2017from 13:30 ～ 15:00 Place: 709 room of the 7th floor of the Faculty Building 2 Abstract：Business journals, business school scholars, and strategic management societies focus on a range of themes, frameworks, and endogenous organizational factors that shape and influence firm strategies. From resource-based theories, dynamic capabilities, entrepreneurial  vision, the research literature is diverse, fractionated, and often devoid of realism of strategy in action, with clever tools of networks, deep learning, time management based on timing,…

Business Review Vol.64 No.3 WIN. 2016

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Vol.64 No.3 WIN. 2016 (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. Corporate Strategy for Business Transformation Kazuhiro Mishima“Business Strategy as Pinpoint Definition” Fumiaki Sato“Dramatic Shifts in Corporate Strategy: Lessons from Major Electronics Manufacturer” Norihisa Yoshimura“Corporate Restructuring through Japanese Spin-Off” Katsuhiko Shimizu“Wise Mistakes and Organizational Communication: An Approach What We Really Need to Activate the Power of Strategy” Ikujiro Nonaka“Cultivating Organizational Knowledge Maneuverability: Tacit Knowing, Intersubjectibity, Distributed Leadership“Shigeyuki Hiroki“TICAD: A View from Africa” ●Leaders of MOT  Kiyoshi Fujiwara   (Director, Mazda Motor Corporation)  Interviewed by Kentaro Nobeoka and Yaichi Aoshima ●Critical Eyes: Corporate Governance…

Associate Professor Hiroshi Shimizu Received the 59th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science

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Associate Professor of Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research, Hiroshi Shimizu, has received the 59th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science, co-organized by Nikkei Inc. and the Japan Center for Economic Research. Every year this award is offered to outstanding books that have been published in the past year in the fields of economics, management and accounting. Professor Shimizu’s book, titled General Purpose Technology no Innovation (Innovations in General Purpose Technology), published by Yuhikaku, in March 2016, explores how the existence or absence of an entrepreneurial strategic choice for spin-outs influences the patterns of subsequent technological development by exploring the technological development of laser diodes in the US…

Professor Manabu ETO received Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award

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Professor Manabu ETO received Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award   Organization: The Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award:  Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award Date:  November 5, 2016 Award Winner: Professor Manabu ETO (with Dr. Hiroyuki TOMIZAWA) Website for the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management http://jsrpim.jp/wp/?page_id=1987 http://jsrpim.jp/wp/?page_id=648　(In Japanese)  

Forum 2016.11.16 Pao-lien Chen

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Innovation Forum 2016.11.16 Pao-lien Chen Topic:“Learning-by-Hiring: International Employee Mobility and the Growth of Emerging Market Firms at Home” Speaker:Pao-lien Chen（Associate Professor　National Tsing Hua University) Date:Nobember 16th (Wednesday)  2016from 12:15 ～ 13:15 Place: Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:　Atsushi Ohyama

International Symposium on Social Inclusion 2016.11.10

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International Symposium on Social Inclusion: Experiences from Bangladesh (featuring former Governor of Bangladesh Central Bank) Date: 10 Nobember, 2016Time: 10:30 to 12:30Venue: Hitotsubashi University       Josuikai Centennial Hall    ( 2-1Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan) Entry: Form Program:10:30 Opening Remarks　Seiichiro Yonekura, Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 10：35-11：05 Topic 1 : “Financial Inclusion: Experience from Bangladesh”Dr. Atiur Rahman, Professor of Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka and former Governor of Central Bank of Bangladesh. 11：05-11：35 Topic 2: “Microfinance and Socio-economic Development”Dr. Mohammed Abu Eusuf, Professor and Chairman, Department of Development Studies, University of Dhaka. 11：35-12：05 Topic 3: “e-Education and Social Innovation in Bangladesh”Md. Imran Hossain Bhuiyan Lecturer, Department…

Researcher Profile　Kang, Byeongwoo

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Kang, Byeongwoo  Associate Professor Management of technology, Science, technology, and innovation policyBorn: 1982Fax: +81-42-580-8410 Web: https://sites.google.com/site/byeongwookang/ 【Career】2006                  B.S., School of Engineering, Tohoku University2008                  M.S., Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University2008-2011        Researcher, LG Electronics2014                  Ph.D. (Technology Management), Graduate School of Engineering,University of Tokyo2014-2016        Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)2016-2019        Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2019-present    Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】－Young Scholars Award 2018The International Schumpeter Society, July 2018Article Title:How Does Innovation Occur in…

Forum 2016.10.18 Michael A. Cusumano

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Innovation Forum 2016.10.18 Michael A. Cusumano Topic:“Strategy Rules” Speaker:Professor Michael A. Cusumano（VP & Dean/Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Tokyo University of Science/Professor, MIT Sloan School of Management) Date:Octorber 18th (Tuesday)  2016from 16:30 ～ 18:00 Place: Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:　Kentaro Nobeoka

Business Review Vol.64 No.2 AUT. 2016

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Vol.64 No.2 AUT. 2016 (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. New Industrial Revolution: Digital Disruption and Management Logic Hiroki Kitagawa / Mikiharu Noma“Platform: New Industrial Revolution and Enterprise Value” Kazuo Ichijo / Kazushi Kuse“Artificial Intelligence: New Frontier for Knowledge Creation Cultivated by Non-cognitive Knowledge” Yuriko Sawatani / Kohei Nishiyama“Crowdsourcing: Value Co-creation Utilizing On-line Distributed Resources” Norihiko Takahiro / Yoshinori Fujikawa“Digital Marketing: Democratizing Marketing” Daijiro Mizuno / Tomoaki Watanabe“Digital Fabrication: Designing Incomplete Designs for the Changing Society” Daisuke Toki / Yukihiko Okada“FinTech: Era of‘Just My Financial Service’ and Change of  Your Decision Process” ●Leaders…

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