Category: IIR News

Innovation Forum 2019.10.11 Workshop for Ph.D. and early-career researchers Workshop Title: “Workshop for Ph.D. and early-career researchers” Commentators: Prof. Richard Delbridge(University Dean of Research, Innovation and Enterprise,   Professor of Organizational Analysis, Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University)Prof. Markus Helfen(Professor of Human Resource Management & Employment Relations,   University of Innsbruck School of Management) Date: October 11th (Friday)  2019 from 13:00 to 17:00 Place:  Conference Room 1 (Room#3403), 4th Floor, Mercury Tower, Kunitachi East Campus, Hitotsubashi University Organizer:  Toshihiko Kato  Abstract: This workshop aims to provide opportunities for PhD students and early career researchers to present their works in front of leading researchers in organization studies and HRM. Please contact Takahiro Endo (endo.takahiro@r.hit-u.ac.jp) by…

Innovation Forum 2019.9.9 Youngjin YOO Topic: “Digital First: The Ontological Reversal and New Challenges for IS Research” Speaker: Youngjin YOO (Professor, Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University) Date: September 9th (Monday)  2019 from 16:00 to 17:30 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:  Yaichi Aoshima  Abstract: The classical view of an information system is that it represents and reflects physical reality. We suggest this classical view is increasingly obsolete: digital technologies are now creating and shaping physical reality. We call this phenomenon the ontological reversal. The ontological reversal is where the digital version is created first, and the physical version second (if needed). This ontological reversal challenges…

Innovation Forum 2019.9.17 Alexandru Preda Topic: “Doing Financial Facework. Professional Hybridization and the Competition for Capital Flows in Financial Markets” Speaker: Alexandru Preda (Professor, King’s Business School, King’s College London) Date: September 17th (Tuesday)  2019 from 16:00 to 17:30 Place:  Conference Room 2 (Room#3501), 5th Floor, Mercury Tower, Kunitachi East Campus, Hitotsubashi University Organizer:  Takahiro Endo   This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center),  Hitotsubashi University.

Innovation Forum 2019.7.24 ElSabry, ElHassan Topic: “The Landscape of Science Philanthropy in Japan: Motivations & Characteristics of  Funding” Speaker: ElSabry, ElHassan (Adjunct Assistant Professor, IIR, Hitotsubashi University) Date: July 24th (Wednesday)  2019 from 16:00 to 17:00 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:  Masaru Karube 

Innovation Forum 2019.7.3 Ran Li Topic: “Time to See the Big Picture: CEO Strategic Attention and Firm Performance” Speaker: Ran Li (Assistant Professor, School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University) Date: July 3rd (Wednesday)  2019 from 16:00 to 17:30 Place:  Director’s room (Room#212) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:  Masaru Karube 

Brown bag lunch seminar 2019.7.1 Yongrae Cho Topic: “How Can New Bibliographic Methodology with Standard and Patent Contribute to  Detect Industrial Changes?” Speaker: Yongrae Cho (Research Fellow, Science and Technology Policy Institute) Date: July 1st (Monday)  2019 from 12:40 to 13:30 Place:  IIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:  Byeongwoo Kang Deadline: 9:00, July 1 , 2019 IIR Brown bag lunch seminar 

Innovation Forum 2019.7.4 Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood Topic: “Corruption, Local Knowledge, and Firm Productivity: Evidence from an Emerging Economy” Speaker: Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood (Professor, National University of Singapore) Date: July 4th (Thursday)  2019 from 16:00 to 17:30 Place:  IIR Laboratory 2 (Room#219) of the second floor of the IIR building　 Organizer:  Masaru Karube  Abstract: An understanding of how corruption affects firm productivity is critical for identifying the microeconomic linkages by which macro institutions shape economic development.Despite a growing consensus that corruption impedes growth, the coincidence of exceptional growth records and thriving corruption cultures in many emerging economies remains a puzzle. Our goal is to theoretically analyse the effect of corruption on…

Brown bag lunch seminar 2019.7.24 Yuko Yamashita Topic:“Investing in the Quality of the Future: Mikimoto’s Ainoshima Pure Breed Pearl Venture Following the 1999 Japanese Akoya Pearl Oyster Extinction Crisis” Speaker:Yuko Yamashita(Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration,  Department of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University) Date:July 24th (Wednesday) 2019from 12:40 to 13:30 Place:IIR Meeting Space (Room#216) of the second floor of the IIR building Organizer:Masaru Karube Deadline:9:00, July 24, 2019 IIR Brown bag lunch seminar