Program Overview
Program Overview The Institute of Innovation Research (IIR) initiated its Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Research Program on Innovation Processes in FY2008, with support from the central government. ■ Background and purpose Innovation holds the key to Japan’s future economic growth. The process of innovation is highly complex, and accompanied by a social division of labor. To clarify measures that will effectively promote innovation in both the creation and application of knowledge, there is a need for systematic research into every process of innovation, from the accumulation of objective data and creation of ideas based on such data to their use. This research endeavor is pursuing research on innovation processes, including the…