Category: Research Profile

Ichikawa, Tagui　Specially Appointed Professor Digital/ Innovation PolicyWeb: https://sites.google.com/view/ichikawa-tagui-iir/home 【Career】(Business Career)1990　　　     Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)2001-2004　   Deputy Director, Industrial Technology Policy Division, METI2004-2006　   Director, Planning Division, New Energy and Industrial TechnologyDevelopment Organization (NEDO)2006-2007　   Director, RPS Office, Agency of Natural Resources and Energy, METI2007-2010　   Director, IT Research Department, JETRO New York Center(Representative, IPA New York)2010-2011　   Director, AIST Office, METI2011-2013　   Professor, Nagaoka University of Technology2013-2017　   Counselor, National Strategy Office of ICT, Cabinet Secretariat2017-2020　   Deputy Director, AI Research Center, National Institute of AdvancedIndustrial Science & Technology (AIST)2018-　　    Deputy Director General for Artificial Intelligence, AIST2019-　　    Director General, AIST Tokyo Waterfront, AIST2020-2023   Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2023-     …

Padrón-Hernández, Ivar  Assistant Professor International business, strategic management and organization theoryWeb: https://sites.google.com/view/ivar-padronhernandez 【Career】2010　　      B.Sc. International Business, Gothenburg University2012　　      M.Sc. International Business and Trade, Gothenburg University2017-　　     Affiliated Researcher, European Institute of Japanese Studies,Stockholm School of Economics2018-2019　JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Keio University2019　　      Ph.D. Business Administration, Department of Marketing and Strategy,Stockholm School of Economics2020-　　     Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】The Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award 2020⏩Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS), August 2020Achievements:When International Strategy Meets Local Institutions: Subsidiary Influence in the Context of Headquarter Initiatives 【Recent Research Themes】Multinational corporationsHeadquarter-subsidiary relationsGlobal strategyNews reactions to economic partnership agreements  

Vili LEHDONVIRTA   Visiting Associate Professor Visiting Associate Professor,Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University (2020.4.1-2020.9.30) Associate Professor University of Oxfordhttps://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/vili-lehdonvirta/ 【Recent Research Themes】Platform economy

EUM Wonsub  Specially Appointed Research Associate Economic Complexity, Technological Diversification, Co-evolution of Production and InnovationBorn: 1990 E-mail: eum☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)Phone: +81-42-580-8434Fax: +81-42-580-8410 【Career】2008-2011　　 B.A., Economics (with honors), UC Berkeley2012-2020　　 Ph.D., Engineering (Technology Management), Seoul National University2020-present     Specially Appointed Research Associate, Institute of Innovation  Research, 　　　　　　    Hitotsubashi University 【Recent Research Themes】Knowledge specialization and diversification Trade flow and knowledge transferIndustrial structure and economic growth

Koizumi, Hideto Assistant Professor Public Economics and Microeconomic TheoryWeb: https://hidetokoizumi.github.io 【Career】2011　　  　 BA in Liberal Arts at Soka University of America2012　　  　 MA in International and Development Economics at Yale University2012-2013　 Research Associate at Innovation for Poverty Action2013-2014　 World Bank, STC2020　　 　  PhD in Applied Economics at the Wharton School of UPenn2020　　　   Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2020-2024　 Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2023-2025     Policy Economist, RIETI2025-present Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】－Encouragement Award 2020 from the Japan Institute of Public FinanceJapan Institute of Public Finance, November 2020Achievements:Optimal Uniform Capital Taxation in A Partially Automated Society 【Recent Research Themes】Luck And…

Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Tohru  Associate Professor    Intellectual property management 【Career】2005 B.A.,    School of Law, Osaka University2007 LL.M,  Graduate School of Law, Osaka University2007-2012   Policy Analyst, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.2009-2012   Project Researcher, Policy Alternative Research Institute, the University of Tokyo2013-2014   Project Research Assistant, Policy Alternative Research Institute,the University of Tokyo2014-2015   Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2),Japan Society for the Promotion of Science2015             Doctor of Engineering, Department of Technology Management for Innovation,Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo2015-2016   Adjunct Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,Hitotsubashi University2015-2016   Project Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Public Policy,the University of Tokyo2016-2019   Project Research Associate, Department of Technology Management for Innovation,Graduate School…

Nakajima, Kentaro   Professor Economics (Spatial Economics, Applied Microeconometrics)Web: http://knakajima.weebly.com 【Career】2003   B.A., Department of Economics, the University of Tokyo2008   Ph.D. (Economics),Graduate School of Economics, the University of Tokyo2008   Associate Professor,Endowed Chair in Regional Economy and Banking (The 77 Bank),Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University2010   Associate Professor, Center for Economic Institutions,Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University2011   Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management,Tohoku University2017   Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2023   Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】Sakashita PrizeApplied Regional Science Conference, 2015 AREUEA National Conference Best Paper Award⏩The American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association (AREUEA), June 2021Achievements:Consumption Access and the Spatial…

Kang, Byeongwoo  Professor Management of technology, Science, technology, and innovation policyWeb: https://sites.google.com/site/byeongwookang/ 【Career】2006                  B.S., School of Engineering, Tohoku University2008                  M.S., Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University2008-2011        Researcher, LG Electronics2014                  Ph.D. (Technology Management), Graduate School of Engineering,University of Tokyo2014-2016        Researcher, Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO)2016-2019        Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2019-2025        Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2025-present    Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】－Young Scholars Award 2018⏩The International Schumpeter Society,…

Ohyama, Atsushi   Professor Economics (Industrial Organization, Applied Microeconomics) Phone: +81-42-580-8421Fax: +81-42-580-8410 Web: https://sites.google.com/a/r.hit-u.ac.jp/atsushiohyama/ 【Career】1997　B.A., Department of Commerce, Yokohama City University1999　M.A. (Economics), Graduate School of Economics, Keio University2002　M.A. (Economics), University of Chicago2008　Ph.D.（Economics）, State University of New York at Buffalo2008    Post-doctorate Researcher, IGB, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2009    Lecturer, School of Management, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign2010    Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Business Administration,Hokkaido University2015    Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2022-   Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】2015 NISTEP Award (The Researchers with Nice Step)⏩NISTEP (National Institute of Science and Technology Policy), December 2015 【Recent Research Themes】Productivity and Industry DynamicsSub-market Creation and Industry…