Category: Forum

■14 March, 2012 1)　Anja Schulze (Director of swiss Center for Automotive Research at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) of ETH Zurich)2)　Florian Rittiner (the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) of ETH Zurich)　3)　Simge Tuna (the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) of ETH Zurich)　4）　Stefano Brusoni (Professor, the Chair of Technology and Innovation Management at the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (D-MTEC) of ETH Zurich)　1) Lean Product Development (The Management of Efficiency in New Product Development): A Research Project that Bridges Japan and Europe as well as Industry and Academia2) Process Management from a Knowledge Brokerage Point of View3) Attention Based View to New Product Development:…

■24 March, 2011Jean-Etienne de Bettignies (Associate Professor, Queen’s School of Business) Product Market Competition and Managerial Employment Choices ■7 March, 2011Isamu Hanyu(General Manager, Technology Research, Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited)Satoshi Takechi(Manager, Intellectual Property Unit, Standardization Promotion Department,Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited)Koji Nozaki(Research Fellow, Device & Materials Laboratories, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited) Technical Innovation in ArF Resist Material for LSI Production to 90nm-Era and Beyond(G-COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■4 February, 2011Csonka Laszlo (Research Fellow, IKU Innovation Research Centre, Financial Research Corp.)R&D and Innovation Networks in the Hungarian Automotive Industry ■28 January, 2011Shigeto Hatanaka (General Manager, Fuel Research Laboratory Research & Development Division, JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corporation)Development and Practical Application of Manufacturing Technology for…

■18 March, 2010Steven White(Associate Professor, China Europe International Business School) ‘Entrepreneur-Investor relational configurations and implications for value “beyond the contract” ‘ ■9 March, 2010Hyungsub Choi(Senior Research Fellow, Center for Contemporary　History and Policy, Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia /JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, History and Philosophy of Science, Graduate　School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) ‘Manufacturing Knowledge in Transit: The Circulation of Transistor Technology in the U.S. and Japan, 1948-1960’ ■9 March, 2010Akihiko Ishitani(IMEC Representative Japan) ‘Management of Research Consortium: Experience and Future of IMEC ‘ ■24 February, 2010Akira Endo(Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation Research) ‘A Gift from Nature: The Invention of Statin and the Following Innovation (II)’ ■9 February, 2010Akira Shibata（Chief Engineer, Engineering Planning Dept., Automatic Data…

■26 March, 2009 Jinyoung Kim(Professor, Department of Economics, Korea University and Research Associate, Center of Excellence on Human Capital, Technology Transfer, and Economic Growth and Development, SUNY at Buffalo) ‘International Knowledge Flows: Evidence from an Inventor-Firm Matched Data Set‘ ■18 March, 2009Cornelia Storz(Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University) ‘How do new industries emerge? The case of Japan’s game software and biotech industry‘ ■18 March, 2009Nobuyuki Hanaki (Doctoral Program in Economics, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba) ‘Complexity, Uncertainty, and Organizational Congruency‘ (joint with Hideo Owan) ■5 March, 2009Takayoshi Mamine(Project Professor, Collaborative Research Development, Division of University Corporate Relations, The University of Tokyo) ‘The Development of MOCVD: Mass Production of Compound Semiconductor…

■27 March, 2008Akira Takeishi(Professor, IIR, Hitotsubashi University) ‘Boundaries of Innovation’ ■19 March, 2008Tomoyuki Shimbo(Junior Research Fellow, IIR, Hitotsubashi University) ‘Technology imports and firm performance: A case of petrochemical industry’ ■19 March, 2008Xiaomei Zhang(Junior Research Fellow, IIR, Hitotsubashi University) ‘The current situation and issues of banking in Hangzhou and Wenzhou’ ■19 March, 2008Yoko Furusawa(Research Associate, IIR, Hitotsubashi University) ‘A case study by Endowed Chair; “How are technology start-ups set up in Japan?”‘ ■24 January, 2008Hiroshi Shimizu(Researcher, Department of Technology Management Eindhoven University of Technology(The Netherlands)) ‘Competition, Knowledge Spillover, and Innovation: Technological Development ofSemiconductor Lasers, 1960-1990′ ■24 January, 2008Makoto Nirei(Assistant Professor, Department of Economics Carleton University (Canda)) ‘Firms Dynamics under Strategic Complementarity’ ■12 December, 2007Suphawan Srisophaolarn(Associate Professor, Kasetsart…

■28 February, 2007Makoto Kitamura(Junior Research Fellow, IIR, Hitotsubashi University)‘Institutionalizing the Use of “Surrogate Consumer”: Its Influence on Consumers’ Decision Making’ ■28 February, 2007Ng Shuk Yee Sally(Junior Research Fellow, IIR, Hitotsubashi University)‘”Car Town” in Huadu District, Guanzhou: Its Formation and Influence on the Smaller Peripheral Cities and Towns’ ■26 January, 2007Minoru Usui(Director, General Administrative Manager, Production Engineering & Development Division, Seiko Epson Corporatio)‘Development of an Ink Jet Printer that Produces Higi Resolution Text and Pictorial Images’(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■22 December, 2006Takeshi Nomura(Director, Senior Vice President,TDK Corporation)‘Development of Highly Reliable Multilayer Ceramic Capacitors with Ni Electrode’(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■14 November, 2006Iain Cockburn(School of Management,…

■13 February, 2006Hideaki Kohzu(Former Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)‘Development and Mass Production of Field-Effect Transistor in NEC Corporation’(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■19 December, 2005Yunshi Mao(Professor and Director, Research Center for Enterprise and Martet, Zhongshan University)‘Strategy Selection and Performance of Multinationals in China: Analysis Based on Resources-based Theory and Contingency Approach‘ ■29 November, 2005Narihiko Yoshida(Digital Analyst and Visiting Professor, The Graduate School of Digital Content)‘The Future of Sub-Culture-The World of COC (Content-oriented Community)-‘(Subculture Workshop) ■14 November, 2005Takanori Yorita(Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University)‘Discrete Choice Model Analysis of Mobile Telephone Service Demand in Japan’ ■8 November, 2005Kouichi Motohashi(President, Nippon Animation Co., Ltd.)Shigeo Endo(Managing Director, Nippon…

24 March, 2005Bronwyn H. Hall(Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley)James Pooley(Partner with the PaloAlto, California, law firm Milbank Tweed)‘A Patent System for the 21st Century‘ ■23 March, 2005Xielin Liu(Research Fellow and Professor,National Center for Science and Technology for Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, China)‘Chinese Model of Catching-up in a New Development Paradigm‘ ■15 February, 2005Xielin Liu(Research Fellow and Professor,National Center for Science and Technology for Development, Ministry of Science and Technology, China)‘Small Workshop on Chinese Automobile Industry‘ ■13 Januaryr, 2005Hiroshi Nagano(Director General, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy,Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)‘Toward the development of the next basic national planfor science and technology development‘ ■21…

■30 March, 2004Jon Sigurdson(Professor, Stockholm School of Economics, and Visiting Professor, Institute of InnovationResearch, Hitotsubashi University)‘The Sony-Ericsson Joint venture – Integrating Competencies and Cultures’ ■27 February, 2004Yoshitake Saito(VI-PJ Leader, Medical System Group, Olympus Corporation)‘Olympus’ Development of Endoscopic Ultrasound Sonography’(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■13 February, 2004Motoya Kanda(Japan Science and Technology Agency (Former Fellow, Toshiba Corporation))‘Toshiba Corporation’s Development of Consumer Use Nuckel-Metal Hydride Batteries‘(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■4 February, 2004Katsuhiro Imazu(Director, Ishioka Plant, Tokyo Seikan Kaisha, Ltd.)‘Toyo Seikan Group’s Development and Application of Metal Can Manufacturing Technology with High-Quality, Low-Cost and Low-Environmental Load‘(COE Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases) ■3 February, 2004Yuji Nakahara(Manager, Manufacturing Technology Center,Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)‘Mitsubishi Electric Corporation’s Development of ManufacturingMethod…

■24 February, 2003J.A. Stam(Professor, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, the Netherlands)‘Management of Technology in Japan: Some Observations’ ■5 February, 2003Jon Sigurdson(Coordinator, Swedish School of Advanced Asia Pacific Studies, Professor and Director of East Asia Science and Technology Programme, Stockholm School of Economics)‘Corporate R&D and Global Knowledge Systems: The Case of Ericsson’ ■17 January, 2003Toshikazu Nishino(General Manager, Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd)‘Nanoelectronics‘ ■20 Decｅｍｂｅｒ, 2002Kazuo Sawada(Senior General Manager of Technology,Maglev Systems Development Department,Railway Technical Research Institute)‘Superconductivity and Linear Motor Car‘ ■13 Decｅｍｂｅｒ, 2002Yoshimi Kubo(Nanotube Technology Center, Fundamental Resarch Laboratories, NEC Laboratories)‘Fuel Cell or Carbon Nanotube‘ ■6 Decｅｍｂｅｒ, 2002Tadahi Watanabe(Vice President, NEC Solutions)‘Supercomputer‘ ■4 Decｅｍｂｅｒ, 2002Tony Garret(Lecturer, Depertment of Marketing, University of Otago)‘National Culture and New Product Development Work Group Dynamics: A Cross-Cultural Study…