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 9 to August 14. Offices will be closed during this time. We ask for your cooperation. CLOSED: from Saturday, August 9, 2025 to Thursday, August 14, 2025 We will resume work on Friday, August 15, 2025. Thank you. IIR, Hitotsubashi University
Date： June 30（Monday), 2025 from 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: onsite IIR 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
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…
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…
Prof. KOIZUMI, HidetoAssistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research (2025.4.1 – )▶ Researcher Profile Prof. SHORT, Cole EvanVisiting Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research (2025.4.4 – 2025.7.9)Assistant Professor of Strategy, Graziadio Business School, Pepperdine University▶ Researcher Profile
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…
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…
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.
Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Associate Professor and Junya Kataoka, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, received Best Paper Award at 39th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management. Organization:Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award:Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Best Paper Award Date:October 27, 2024 Award Winner:Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi (Associate Professor, IIR)Junya Kataoka (Specially Appointed Assistant professor, IIR)Kazuki Yokota (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of International Social Sciences, Yokohama National University)Sotaro Shibayama (The University of Tokyo)Mari Kawamura (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) Article Title:“Effects of transferable skills of doctoral graduates on job satisfaction and mobility” Abstract:Does acquiring highly transferable skills that are applicable in sectors…
Vol.72 No.2 AUT. 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. The Prospect and Outlook for Business Ethics:Considering Sustainable Value Miho Murashima“Shifting Values: The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumer Price Sensitivity towards Socially Oriented Products” Kazue Haga “Living Lab” as a Co-creation Approach to Create Solutions to Social Challenges in Communities” Noriko Saito“Accounting Dilemma Created by Stipends for Volunteers” Savu Rovanto“A Slowing Perspective into Japanʼs Circular Economy: History and Current Developments” Emiko Akaishi“Embracing Sustainability and Well-being: Exploring a New Business Ethics through ZOZOUSED” Ryuta Suzuki / Bumpei Sunaguchi “The Paradox of Busy…
