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Publication Notice: Mechanisms for Long-Term Innovation: Technology and Business Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Book Title:Mechanisms for Long-Term Innovation: Technology and Business Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes Authors:Masatoshi Fujiwara, Yaichi Aoshima Published by Springer Nature Singapore in 2022, 372 pages, part of the book series: Advances in Japanese Business and Economics (AJBE, volume 31) https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-4896-1 About this book:This book explores how a long-term innovation can take place based on historical analyses of the development of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane from the early 1950s to the mid-2010s. The RO membrane is a critical material for desalination that is a key to solve water shortages becoming serious in many places of the world. The authors conducted in-depth field studies as well as analyses of rich archival…

Forum 2022.12.14 Martin Hemmert

Topic:“A Conservation of Resources Perspective on Analyzing Founders’ Emotional Support: Performance Implications for East Asian New Ventures” Speaker:Martin Hemmert(Professor, Korea University Business School) Date:December 14th (Wednesday) 2022from 17:00 to 18:30 Venue:HYBRID: onsite & onlineIIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer:Yaichi Aoshima This forum is jointly organized by AAOS (The Academic Association for Organizational Science). Abstract:Research on entrepreneurs’ emotional support by families and friends has mostly focused on personal-level outcomes, and the relevance of emotional support for new venture performance is not well understood. Building on the conservation of resources (COR) perspective, we conceptualize emotional support by families and friends…

Forum 2022.10.26 Alberto Galasso

Topic: “Licensing Life-Saving Drugs for Developing Countries: Evidence from the Medicines Patent Pool” Speaker: Alberto Galasso (Professor, University of Toronto) Date: October 26th (Wednesday) 2022 from 16:30 to 18:00 Venue: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: Atsushi Ohyama

Business Review Vol.70 No.2 AUT. 2022

Vol.70 No.2 AUT. 2022 (In Japanese) A leading management journal in Japanese, which builds a bridge between theory and practice. EDITED BY Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation Research PUBLISHED BY Toyo Keizai Inc. Resilience of the Tourism Industry Hirotaka Yamauchi / Toshiya miyazaki “Tourism Industry Renaissance: Transcending Traditional Targets, Scope,and Status“ Ryuji Sawada “Creative Solutions for Hotel Businesses After COVID-19“ Wataru Uehara / Hiromi Kamata / Hiroyuki Fukuchi “Crisis Management of Hotel Operators in Japan“ Fumiko Kano “A Cross-cultural Analysis of Risk Perceptions, Attitudes, and Intentions towards Traveling during Corona-crisis:Japan and Italy“ Hiromi Kamata / Wataru Uehara “Residents’ Attitude towards Tourism during the COVID-19 Pandemic“ Tomohiro Muraki / Akiko Mitsui…

Report on the 13th IIR Summer School

Institute of Innovation Research has been holding the IIR Summer School every year since 2010. The 13th Summer School was held at Josuikai Centennial Hall, Hitotsubashi University and online on August 22 & 23, 2022. The purpose of this summer school is to promote innovation research by building researcher networks, offering a place for presenting the latest research results, and supporting young researchers. This year, we are honored to welcome Dr. Yuko Harayama (Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University / former Executive Director, RIKEN) as our guest speaker. A total of 9 presentations were made (5 were in Japanese and 4 in English). The Best Presentation Award was awarded to Shotaro Yamaguchi,…

Researcher Profile Storz, Cornelia

Storz, Cornelia Visiting Researcher Visiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2022.8.19 – 2022.9.11) Professor, Goethe University, Frankfurt https://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/en/departments/mm/professuren/professur-storz/team/prof-dr-cornelia-storz.html 【Recent Research Themes】 The Organizational Identity of New Firms in Digital Industries

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.5.24 Meindert Flikkema

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.5.24 Meindert Flikkema Topic:“Innovators’ propensity to apply for trademarks” Speaker:Prof. Meindert Flikkema (Vrije Universiteit (VU) Amsterdam) Date:May 24 (Wednesday), 2023from 13:00 to 14:00 Venue:HYBRID: onsite & onlineIIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer:Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi Deadline:9:00, May 24, 2023 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar ” below. IIR Brown bag lunch seminar

Forum 2022.7.15 Alex Preda

Topic:“Bonding Expertise: The Trading Zones of Software Development in FinTech Collaborations” Speaker:Alex Preda(Professor of Professions, Markets and Technology, King’s College London) Date:July 15th (Friday) 2022from 16:00 to 17:30 Venue:IIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building Zoom online Organizer:Masaru Karube Deadline:9:00, July 15, 2022 For registration, please click on “Innovation Forum” below.  Innovation Forum 

Business Review Vol.70 No.1 SUM. 2022

Vol.70 No.1 SUM. 2022 (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. Carbon Neutrality Revolution Tagui Ichikawa“Carbon Neutrality as an Industrial Revolution“ Takeo Kikkawa“The Road to Carbon Neutrality: Roles of Businesses and Central / Local Governments“ Kenji Asano“Why Achieving Carbon Neutrality Is “Ambitious”: Rethinking the S + 3E (Safety, Economic Efficiency, Energy Security, and Environment)“ Yasuhiro Daisyo“Automotive Technologies and Associated Policies for Carbon Neutrality“ Kei Kawahara“The Way to Carbon Neutral Society and Key CO2-related Technologies“ Susumu Ogawa“New Consumer-participatory Product Development: Co-creation with Opinion Leaders in Social Media“ ●New Market Creation through Effectuation (1) Mari…

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