Category: IIR News

Innovation Forum 2016.4.13 Michael G Jacobides Topic:“Scale, Scope and Performance Dynamics: A Population Study ofthe Evolution of Bank Holding Companies and Their Performance Changes,1990-2014” Speaker: Michael G Jacobides(Sir Donald Gordon Chair of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, andAssociate Professor, Strategy & Entrepreneurship Department, London Business School) Date:April 13th (Wednesday)  2016from 16:30 ～ 18:00 Place: Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:　Yaichi Aoshima

Innovation Forum 2016.3.16 Dumisani Magadlela Topic:“You Cannot Teach a Lion to Roar: African Skills Development andCapacity Building: Challenging Old Paradigms While Grabbing NewOpportunities” Speaker: Dumisani Magadlela(Visiting Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi UniversityProgramme Manager, Pan African Capacity Building Programme,Development Bank of Southern Africa) Date:March 16th (Wednesday)  2016from 12:15 ～ 13:45 Place: Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:　Hiroshi Shimizu

Innovation Forum 2016.2.8 Hitoshi Mitsuhashi Topic:“Missing Contenders: Competitive Asymmetry and Organizational Inattentiveness to Potential Competitive Threats” Although previous research has suggested the possibility of firms not mutually recognizing each other as rivals (i.e., competitiveasymmetry) and cautioned managers that failing to recognize or missing identifying potential rivals can have detrimental consequences on organizational survival, little empirical effort has been made to explore why firms fail to consider other firms that view them as rivals (i.e., contenders). In this study, we posit that competitive asymmetry could be an unintentional or intentional consequence of two sequential and interdependent processes: noticing and classification. Using the 10-K data as to how firms view their own…

Innovation Forum 2016.2.3 Jiangyun Wan Topic: “Brand Loyalty and Generic Competition” Speaker:  Jiangyun Wan  (Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University) Date: February 3rd (Wednesday)  2016 from 12:15 ～ 13:45 Place:  Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: 　Hiroshi Shimizu

Innovation Forum 2015.11.25 Nabil Abou Lebdi Topic:“Radical Innovation – A domain of SMEs? A novel test of the Schumpeterian Hypothesis” Speaker: Nabil Abou Lebdi(University of Luxembourg) Date:November 25th (Wednesday)  2015from 12:15 ～ 13:15 Place: Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:　Atsushi Ohyama  Hiroyuki Okamuro