Category: Forum

Innovation Forum 2018.6.27 Ivar Padrón-Hernández Topic: “MNC Subsidiary Strategy and Institutional Responses in PET Bottle Reverse Vending” Speaker: Ivar Padrón-Hernández (Affiliated Researcher, European Institute of Japanese Studies,Stockholm School of  Economics) Date: June 27th (Wednesday)  2018 from 12:40 to 14:00 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer: 　Masaru Karube  Abstract:How do host country institutions affect strategic choice and institutional responses by subsidiaries in multinational corporations (MNCs)? This paper addresses the above question through a comparative study of three subsidiaries within Tomra, a Norwegian recycling machinery firm. Specifically, I contrast regulative, cognitive and normative institutions surrounding deposit versus non-deposit reverse vending of PET ｂottles in the United…

Innovation Forum 2018.7.10 Niraj S. Mankad Topic: “Open Innovation and Creation of Products and Services in the Media Economy” Speaker: Niraj S. Mankad (Assistant Professor, School of Business, FLAME University) Date: July 10th (Tuesday)  2018 from 12:40 to 14:10 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer: 　Yaichi Aoshima Abstract:An important characteristic of media firms is the element of content embodied into their products and services. Media content is an amalgamation with ideas, art and culture at the core and manifested as the firm’s product or service. This article studies the creation of media products from an innovation management perspective and demonstrates how their…

Innovation Forum 2018.6.20 Daniel Ehnes Topic: “Market Reactions to Downsizing Announcements: The Role of Strategy and Knowledge Intensity” Speaker: Daniel Ehnes (Research Assistant, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Goethe University Frankfurt) Date:June 20th (Wednesday)  2018from 12:45 to 14:15 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:　Yaichi Aoshima

Innovation Forum 2018.6.5 Nobuyuki Hanaki Topic: “On the Roots of the Intrinsic Value of Decision Rights:   Evidence from France and Japan  (joint work with Joāo V. Ferreira and Benoît Tarroux)” Speaker: Nobuyuki Hanaki (Professor,  Institut Supérieur d’Économie et de Management (ISEM), University of Nice Sophia Antipolis) Date:June 5th (Tuesday)  2018from 12:40 to 14:10 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:　Hiroshi Shimizu

Innovation Forum 2018.5.2 Ann Weiland Topic: “Sectoral Dynamics in the Solar Photovoltaic Industry: Selecting Global Innovation Strategies” Speaker: Ann Weiland (Ph.D Candidate, TU Dresden) Date:May 2th (Wednesday)  2018from 12:40 to 14:10 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:　Hiroshi Shimizu

Innovation Forum 2018.4.25  Alice Katharina Bauer Topic:“Opportunities, Environment & Business Interaction: Exploring the Entrepreneurial Process through the Structuration Theoretical Lens” Speaker:Alice Katharina Bauer (Lecturer, Institute for Strategic and International Management,  Hamburg University of Technology) Date:April 25th (Wednesday)  2018from 12:40 to 14:10 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:　Yaichi Aoshima

Innovation Forum 2018.4.10 Yoichi Matsumoto Topic:“Inter-temporal Scope Economies and Resource Reallocation: Entries, Retrenchments, Business Deepening in Global Semiconductor Industry” Speaker:Yoichi Matsumoto(Associate Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University) Date:April 10th (Tuesday)  2018from 12:40 ～ 14:10 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:　Yaichi Aoshima

Innovation Forum 2018.2.14 Tuukka Toivonen Topic:“From Creative ‘Clashes’ and ‘Sparks’ to Jolts: An empirical investigation of the idea journeys and feedback interactions of early-stage digital entrepreneurs in London” Speaker:Tuukka Toivonen(PhD. Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP), University College London) Date:February 14th (Wednesday)  2018from 17:00 ～ 18:30 Place: IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:　Masaru Karube

Innovation Forum 2018.1.31 Lee, Sang-Gun Topic: “A Comparative Study of Linkage of Effects of ICT Industries and Machinery and Equipment Industries among the Korea, the United States, Germany and Japan” Speaker: Lee, Sang-Gun （Professor, Sogang University Business School) Date: January 31st (Wednesday)  2018 from 16:00 ～ 17:30 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer: 　Yaichi Aoshima

Innovation Forum 2018.1.24 Cornelia Lawson Topic: “Citizens of Somewhere: Examining the Geography of Foreign and Native-born Academics’ Engagement with External Actors” Speaker: Cornelia Lawson （Prize Fellow, University of Bath) Date: January 24th (Wednesday)  2018 from 14:00 ～ 15:30 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room #219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: 　Kentaro Nobeoka