Prof. DATTA, Avimanyu Visiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2024.12.13 – 2025.1.8)Professor of Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship, College of Business, Illinois State Universityhttps://business.illinoisstate.edu/faculty-staff/profile/?ulid=adatta 【Recent Research Themes】1) Green Tea Project2) Spring Drive Project
Li, Shuxuan Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Specialty: open innovation, inventor mobility 【Career】2018 B.A , School of Japanese Language, Literature and Culture, Beijing International Studies University2021 M.A. Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University2024 Ph.D., Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University2024-present Specially Appointed Assistant Professor (Junior Fellow), Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University2024-present Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Recent Research Themes】The impact of extramural R&D activities on inventor mobility
Prof. RAMANI, Vinay Visiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2024.10.29 – 2024.12.27)Associate Professor, Department of Management Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpurhttps://www.iitk.ac.in/new/v-ramani 【Recent Research Themes】Economic Analysis of Industry Lifecycle and Dynamics
Date： December 18（Wednesday), 2024 from 16:30 to 18:00 Topic: “The impact of platform business models on the valuations of unicorn companies” Speaker: Michael Cusumano (Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management / Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University) Abstract: Despite the importance of digital platforms in the global economy, there has been little systematic or quantitative analysis of how investors value platforms and the scope of their business models in private or public markets. This paper seeks to fill this gap in part by analyzing how unicorn valuations are affected by “platformness” (the degree to which a firm incorporates at least some elements…
Prof. Cusumano, Michael Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2024.10.28 – 2025.3.31)Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Managementhttps://mitsloan.mit.edu/faculty/directory/michael-a-cusumano 【Recent Research Themes】Comparison of corporate venture capital in Japan, the United States, and other countries.Platform businesses and valuations, especially as unicorns and then after IPO.
Prof. Wong, Chan-YuanVisiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2024.8.21 – 2024.11.21)Professor, Institute of Technology Management, National Tsing Hua Universityhttps://mx.nthu.edu.tw/~wcy/ 【Recent Research Themes】Resilience and dynamic capabilities in a learning society: The case Japan
Topic: “Imprinted Language Policy in Post-Colonialism: Unraveling the Tapestry of Language Policies in MNEs and Their Efficiency Paradigms” Speaker: Hang Yuan (Ph.D. candidate in Management Studies, Graduate School of Commerce, Waseda University) Date： October 23（Wednesday), 2024 from 16:30 to 18:00 Venue: onsite IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: Masaru Karube This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. Deadline: 9:00, October 23, 2024 For registration, please click on “Innovation Forum” below. Innovation Forum
Topic:“Strategic Redeployment of Intrafirm Patent Ownership” Speaker:Dr. Jung H. Kwon(Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Daniels College of Business) Date：October 15（Tuesday), 2024from 10:00 to 11:30 Venue:Online(Zoom) Organizer:Masaru Karube This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center), Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study. Deadline:16:00, October 11, 2024 For registration, please click on “Innovation Forum” below. Innovation Forum
Date:October 22 (Tuesday), 2024from 12:40 to 14:00 Topic:“Anxiety that Drives Kaizen: A Strategic Blueprint for Kaizen Implementation Across Borders” Speaker:Kodo Yokozawa, Ph.D(Professor, Graduate School of International Social Sciences,Yokohama National University) 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 Institute for Advanced Study. Deadline:9:00, October 22, 2024 For registration, please click on “IIR Brown bag lunch seminar” below IIR Brown bag lunch seminar
Date:September 10 (Tuesday), 2024from 12:40 to 14:00 Topic:“After the Collapse: Spontaneous Institutionalization and the Emergence of Market Institutions” Abstract:We explore how, and under which conditions, market institutions can spontaneously arise after an institutional collapse. Drawing on emergence theory, we develop a multi-level model of institutional emergence after an extreme collapse, where only the individuals’ memories remain from pre-collapse institutions. We start with individuals seeking to transact, looking to decrease cost and increase trust in their transactions. At the micro-level, the multiplication of transactions can trigger processes of amplification-convergence and cancelation, through an activity- and a cultural-cognitive-based driver of institutionalization. At the meso-level, these processes result in the spontaneous emergence of…
