Category: Forum

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.9.13 Ilir Haxhi Topic:“Conflicts between Firms and Communities: A Configurational” Speaker:Ilir Haxhi (Associate Professor of Strategy & International Business,Amsterdam Business School, University of Amsterdam) Date:September 13 (Wednesday), 2023from 12:40 to 14:00 Venue:onsiteIIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) Organizer:Masaru Karube This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi University. Abstract:We explore the intensity of conflicts between firms and their external stakeholders, uncovering the so-far understudied inter-relationships between stakeholders as a key driver of conflict intensity. Grounding our reasoning in stakeholder theory, we develop a configurational approach that explains the interdependent impact of the three sectors of society…

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.7.12 Kristina Kazuhara Topic:“Metaphorical Translation : A Case Study of Strategic Change at Novo Nordisk in Japan” Speaker:Kristina Kazuhara(Associate Professor, Copenhagen University / PhD Fellow, Copenhagen Business School) Date:July 12 (Wednesday), 2023from 12:30 to 13:20 Venue:HYBRID: onsite & onlineIIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer:Ivar Padrón-Hernández Deadline:9:00, July 12, 2023 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar ” below IIR Brown bag lunch seminar

Topic: “Internal Redeployment Versus External Recruitment of Inventors” Speaker: Yoichi Matsumoto (Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University) Date： July 4 (Tuesday), 2023 from 17:00 to 18:30 Venue: onsite IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: Yaichi Aoshima Deadline: 9:00, July 4, 2023

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.5.31 Navruz Khotamov Topic:“Exports and FDI under Uncertainty: Multinational Exposure and Innovation” Speaker:Dr. Navruz Khotamov(Hitotsubashi U, Institute of Innovation Research) Date:May 31 (Wednesday), 2023from 12:40 to 13:30 Venue:HYBRID: onsite & onlineIIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer:Byeongwoo Kang Deadline:9:00, May 31, 2023 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar ” below IIR Brown bag lunch seminar

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.5.10 Cristian Dezso Topic: “Are there gender differences in ambition? Some experimental evidence” Speaker: Cristian Dezso (Associate Professor, University of Maryland) Date: May 10th (Wednesday) 2023 from 12:40 to 13:30 Venue: HYBRID: onsite & online IIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer: Atsushi Ohyama Deadline: 9:00, May 10 , 2023 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar ” below IIR Brown bag lunch seminar

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.4.28 Benjamin Büttner Topic:“Demystifying knowledge diffusion: Exploring the effects of technological advancements on knowledge flows and the real-life implications” Speaker:Benjamin Büttner(Doctoral Candidate, Eindhoven University of Technology) Date:April 28th (Friday) 2023from 12:40 to 13:30 Venue:HYBRID: onsite & onlineIIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer:Byeongwoo Kang Deadline:9:00, April 28 , 2023 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar ” below. IIR Brown bag lunch seminar

Topic:“Looking for allies: how individuals organize collaboration for experimentation outside routine work in corporate firms” Speaker:Nadine Scholz(PhD Student in Corporate Entrepreneurship & Innovation, King’s College London) Date：April 12th (Wednesday) 2023from 16:30 to 18:00 Venue:onsiteIIR Laboratory 1 (Room#119) of the first floor of the IIR building Organizer:Yaichi Aoshima Abstract:Companies often establish structured innovation programs such as intrapreneurship programs and idea challenges to harness employee creativity and enable them to experiment with new ideas. Nevertheless, employees often also take initiative to work on ideas outside such formal organizational structures to introduce innovations for the company or generate organizational change, and, as they do so, they face particular constraints. This study explores inductively…

Topic:“Corporate-Startup Partnering: Exploring Attention Dynamics in Asymmetric Settings” Speaker:Anoop Madhok(Professor, York University) Date：June 7 (Wednesday), 2023from 16:30 to 18:00 Venue:onsiteIIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:Ivar Padrón-Hernández Abstract:Startups concurrently partnering with large corporations compete for the latter’s attention. We extend the attention-based view from an intraorganizational to an interorganizational context by exploring how startups differ in attention received from the corporation, their actions to attract and sustain such attention, and the impact of attention dynamics on the partnership outcomes. Our research uncovers two discontinuous contests for attention involving corporate and divisional managers, highlighting the import of the distributed nature of attention. Reflecting this, our…

Brown bag lunch seminar 2023.3.22 Rudi Bekkers Topic: “From open warfare to strawman’s anonymity: Motives and strategies behind patent opposition at EPO” Speaker: Rudi Bekkers (Professor, Eindhoven University of Technology) Date: March 22th (Wednesday) 2023 from 12:30 to 13:30 Venue: HYBRID: onsite & online IIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building (onsite) & Zoom meeting (online) Organizer: Byeongwoo Kang Deadline: 9:00, March 22 , 2023 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar ” below. IIR Brown bag lunch seminar

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…