Brown bag lunch seminar 2021.7.7 Kristina Kazuhara Topic: “Metaphorical Translations – A Process Study of a Strategic Initiative at Novo Nordisk in Japan” Speaker: Kristina Kazuhara (Ph.D. Fellow, Copenhagen Business School / Teaching Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen) Date: July 7th (Wednesday) 2021 from 12:40 to 14:00 Venue: Zoom online Organizer: Masaru Karube Deadline: 9:00, July 7 , 2021 IIR Brown bag lunch seminar
Prof. Akira Yamada Visiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research (2021.4.1-2022.3.31) Prof. Kristina Kazuhara Visiting Researcher, Institute of Innovation Research (2021.4.6-2021.8.6) Prof. Ryo Taniguchi Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Innovation Research (2021.4.1-) Prof. Lee Hyo Yun Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Innovation Research (2021.4.1-)
Professor Yaichi Aoshima received Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award. Organization: The Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award: Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Award Date: October 31, 2020 Award Winner: Professor Yaichi AOSHIMA (with Professor Kazunari MATSUSHIMA (Tokyo Woman’s Christian University) and Naoki TAKADA (Yokohama National University)) Article Title: “Influences by Involvement of Supported and Supporting Organizations on Publicly Supported Private-sector R&D Projects” Abstract: This paper explored the factors leading to the success of publicly-funded private R&D projects by analyzing survey data obtained from 506 projects supported by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization). We particularly examined how involvement…
Topic: “Visualizing Taste: How Business Changed the Look of What You Eat” Speaker: Ai Hisano (Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University) Date： January 20th (Wednesday) 2021 from 13:00 to 14:30 Venue: Zoom online Organizer: Masaru Karube Deadline: 9:00, January 20, 2021 Innovation Forum
Professor Min Yong-Ki of Sungkyunkwan University, Professor Lee Sang-gun of Sogang Business School（Visiting Professor from Dec. 2017 to Mar. 2018 at IIR）and Professor Yaichi Aoshima of IIR were chosen as the winners of the 2020 ‘Highly Commended Paper Award’ by Emerald Publishing in the U.K. Emerald Publishing, a British publisher, annually grants the ‘Emerald Paper Prize’ to world researchers producing distinguished papers. Organization: Emerald Publishing Award: Emerald Literati Awards for Excellence 2020 Date: December 2020 Award Winner: Professors Yong-Ki Min, Sang-Gun Lee and Yaichi Aoshima http://wwwe.sogang.ac.kr/front/cmsboardview.do?siteId=wwwe&bbsConfigFK=3646&pkid=863715 Article Title: “A Comparative Study on Industrial Spillover Effects among Korea, China, the USA, Germany and Japan,” Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 119,…
2020.12.1 Professor LEE Heejin joined us as a visiting professor from Graduate School of International Studies, Yonsei University. Welcome! Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research (2020.12.1-2021.3.31)
Hideto Koizumi, Adjunct Post-doctoral Fellow, received Encouragement Award 2020 from the Japan Institute of Public Finance. Organization: Japan Institute of Public Finance Award: Encouragement Award Achievements: “Optimal Uniform Capital Taxation in A Partially Automated Society” Abstract: Recent automating technologies have sparked discussions on “robot taxes,” aimed to dissuade the displacement of labor and to generate revenue to redistribute to displaced laborers. Implementing such taxes is challenging, however, in part because of the difficulty in clearly separating which technologies substitute for labor from those which complement it. Modeling automating technologies as intermediate goods, I consider the optimal tax policy in this environment. As in standard models, non-linear labor taxes are assigned…
IIR Annual Report has been published online. The IIR Annual Report for academic year 2018-2019 has been published. It gives detailed information on research and education activities of IIR. The PDF file can be downloaded from here. IntroductionAn Overview of the Institute of Innovation Research 1. Research Activities1) Innovation Research Forum2) Brown Bag Lunch Seminar3) Conferences 2. Researchers1) Full-time Researchers2) International Visiting Researchers 3. Education1) Courses Given by the IIR Faculty Members2) Innovation Management and Policy Program 4. Research Results / Publications1) Hitotsubashi Business Review2) Working Papers3) Case Studies Editor and Publisher: Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research
Brown bag lunch seminar 2020.9.16 Kentaro Nakajima Topic: “The role of online communication on innovation” Speaker: Kentaro Nakajima (Associate Professor, IIR, Hitotsubashi University) Date: September 16th (Wednesday) 2020 from 12:40 to 14:00 Venue: Zoom online Organizer: Masaru Karube Deadline: 9:00, September 16 , 2020 IIR Brown bag lunch seminar
PADRÓN-HERNÁNDEZ, Ivar, Assistant Professor, received The Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2020. Organization:Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) Award:The Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award Achievements:“When International Strategy Meets Local Institutions: Subsidiary Influence in the Context of Headquarter Initiatives” Abstract:What do foreign subsidiaries of multinational enterprises do when strategies proposed by headquarters clash with local ways of doing business? Through 105 interviews at AB Volvo, Tomra and DeLaval, this dissertation explores, unpacks, and widens our understanding of the dilemmas and implications of subsidiaries’ dual belonging to corporate and local contexts. Findings on how subsidiaries in the United States, Japan, Germany, and France handled institutional friction caused by innovative and…
