Category: Award

Professor Masaru Karube and Yuki Miyazawa were simultaneously awarded the Best Paper Award in two divisions—the Organization and Natural Environment (ONE) Division and the Technology and Innovation Management (TIM) Division—at the 2026 Academy of Management Annual Meeting. This international academic conference is organized by the US-based Academy of Management (AOM). 【Organization and Natural Environment Division】 Presentation date : August 3, 2026  11:30AM – 1:00PM ET (GMT-4/UTC-4) at Sheraton in Salon 3 (Philadelphia, USA) Award Winner : Ryoji Miyawaki（Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University） Masaru Karube（Director and Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University） Jin-ichiro Yamada（Professor, Graduate School of Management, Kyoto University） Yuki Miyazawa（Doctoral Program and IMPP, Graduate School of Business…

Organizer:R&D Management Workshop 2026 Award:R&D Management Workshop 2026 Best Paper Award Date:May 29, 2026 Award Winner:Eunjung Hyun (Associate Professor, College of Business Administration, Hongik University)Tae-Seok Kim (Associate Professor, Nagoya University of Commerce and Business)Byeongwoo Kang (Professor, IIR) Article Title:“Cross-Industry Talent Mobility and Trajectory-Shaping Innovation in the Automotive Technological Transition” Abstract of the paper:How do incumbent firms generate technologically consequential inventions during industry transitions? We examine this question in the automotive industry, where established automakers have maintained technological dominance while expanding into electric, digital, and softwareintensive domains. We argue that cross-industry inventor mobility serves as an invention-level mechanism of creative accumulation by bringing technologically distant knowledge into incumbent patent teams. Using…

Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Associate Professor, has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the 2025 JPIM Research Forum, organized by the Product Development and Management Association (PDMA). His conference paper was recognized for its significant contribution to the field of product development and innovation management. This achievement underscores IIR’s commitment to advancing research with international impact, bridging academia and business practice. Organization: The Product Development and Management Association Award: 2025 JPIM Research Forum Best Paper Award Date: September 13, 2025 (Chicago, USA) Award Winner: Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi (Associate Professor, IIR) Atsushi Akiike (Associate Professor, Tohoku University) Sotaro Katsumata (Professor, Osaka University) Article Title: “A technological turbulence in a product category and a…

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…

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. Organization: Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award: Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Best Paper Award Date: October 29, 2023 Award Winner: Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi (Assistant Professor, IIR) Junya Kataoka (Specially Appointed Assistant professor, IIR) Kazuki Yokota (Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University) Sotaro Shibayama (The University of Tokyo) Mari Kawamura (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy) Article Title: “What increases job satisfaction of doctoral graduates? An empirical study of effects of…

Professor Masaru Karube received the Japan Academy of Business Administration Award (Best Paper). Award Winner:Professors Daisuke UCHIDA (Keio University Faculty of Business and Commerce), Michiko ASHIZAWA (Keio Business School) and Masaru KARUBE Organization:The Japan Academy of Business Administration Award:The Japan Academy of Business Administration Award (Best Paper) Date:September 5, 2023 Achievements:“Startup Acceleration: An Empirical Analysis of Accelerator Programs in Japan”https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/keieijournal/50/0/50_59/_article/-char/ja Abstract:Business creation through the founding of new firms can drive significant economic growth, just as business creation by established firms can. Hence, fostering startups is indispensable for economic development. In Japan, since the beginning of the 2010s, much attention has been paid to startups, and their business environment has changed…

Geer He, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, received Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award 2023. Organization: Academy of International Business (AIB) Award: Alan M. Rugman Young Scholar Award Achievements: “Enhancing entrepreneurial orientation through inter-organizational matching: Insights from advanced market firms under emerging market ownership” Abstract: Previous literature on mergers and acquisitions (M&As) of advanced market firms (AMFs) by emerging market firms (EMFs) has suggested how such M&As enable EMFs to strengthen their organizations. By contrast, scant attention has been paid to the organizational changes of the acquired AMFs, and the idea that AMFs acquired by EMFs tend not to change organization-wise prevails. Addressing this research void, this study challenges the mainstream…

Professor Kentaro NAKAJIMA received the Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award for his paper “From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Historical Lot Fragmentation Shapes Tokyo” (co-authored with Junichi Yamasaki (Kobe University) and Kensuke Teshima (Hitotsubashi University)). Organization: The Asian Real Estate Society (AsRES), the Global Chinese Real Estate Congress (GCREC) and the American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) Award: Homer Hoyt Institute Best Paper Award Date: July 2021 Achievements: “From Samurai to Skyscrapers: How Historical Lot Fragmentation Shapes Tokyo” (co-authored with Junichi Yamasaki (Kobe University) and Kensuke Teshima (Hitotsubashi University)). https://hermes-ir.lib.hit-u.ac.jp/hermes/ir/re/71546/ Website of AsRES https://www.asres.org/index.html

Professor Kentaro NAKAJIMA received the AREUEA National Conference Best Paper Award for his paper “Consumption Access and the Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity: Evidence from Smartphone Data” (co-authored with Yuhei MIYAUCHI (Boston University) and Stephen REDDING (Princeton University)). Organization: The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA) Award: AREUEA National Conference Best Paper Award Date: June 2021 Achievements: “Consumption Access and the Spatial Concentration of Economic Activity: Evidence from Smartphone Data” (co-authored with Yuhei MIYAUCHI (Boston University) and Stephen REDDING (Princeton University)). Website of Princeton University https://www.princeton.edu/~reddings/papers/Cellphone_Paper.pdf Website of AREUEA https://www.areuea.org/national-meeting-best-paper

Professor Yaichi Aoshima 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: October 31, 2020 Award Winner: Professor Yaichi AOSHIMA (with Professor Kazunari MATSUSHIMA (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University) and Naoki TAKADA (Yokohama National University)) Article Title: “Influences by Involvement of Supported and Supporting Organizations on Publicly Supported Private-sector R&D Projects” Abstract: This paper explored the factors leading to the success of publicly-funded private R&D projects by analyzing survey data obtained from 506 projects supported by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). We particularly examined how involvement…