Category: IIR News

Innovation Forum 2016.6.8 Youngjin Yoo 　(IMPP co-organized) Topic:“From Publishing to Printing: Immateriality of Digital Innovation andNew Business Models in the Generative Economy” Abstract:Digital innovation is rapidly re-shaping the economy as we know it. From Apple’s iPod and iPhone fundamentally disrupting music record and mobile phone service industries to Uber and AirBnB disrupting taxi and hotel industries, digital technology is upending traditional industries. Many start-up companies from Silicon Valley wants to be the “Uber” of yet another industry.  Digital innovation has become the one of the topstrategic issues that garner CEOs’ attention. There remain, however, significant conceptual confusions concerning the exact nature of digital innovation. Existing literature focuses on the role…

Innovation Forum 2016.4.20 Veikko Thiele Topic: “Fostering Entrepreneurship: Backing Founders or Investors?” Speaker: Veikko Thiele  (Associate Professor, Queen’s University) Date: April 20th (Wednesday)  2016 from 14:00 ～ 15:00 Place:  Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: 　Atsushi Ohyama

Innovation Forum 2016.5.25 Sunil Mani Topic: “One Size Does Not Fit All: An Analysis of the Importance of　Industry-specific Vertical Policies for Growing High Technology　Industries in India.” Speaker: Sunil Mani (Professor, Center for Development Studies) Date: May 25th (Wednesday)  2016 from 12:15 ～ 13:45 Place:  Conference room of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer: 　Hiroshi Shimizu

Innovation Forum 2016.4.20 Ben Dankbaar Topic:“From Catching up to Meeting the Grand Challenges: The Changing Faces of Industrial Policy.” Summary:Industrial policy is back on the political agenda, but remains highly controversial. Some industrial policies are heavily criticized, while others are drawing broad support. This paper offers a  typology of industrial policies, which aims to clarify the issues involved and the theoretical foundations for different policies. Four types are distinguished. It is argued that that all four are practiced today, but that they made their first appearance in different periods in history.Therefore, the typology is called ‘quasi-historical’. The second half of the paper focuses on modern discussions about the role of…

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