Institute of Innovation Research has been holding the IIR Summer School every year since 2010. The memorable 10th Summer School was held at Sano-Shoin Hall, Hitotsubashi University on August 22, 2019.
The purpose of this summer school is to promote innovation research by building researcher networks, offering a place for presenting the latest research results, and supporting young researchers. This year, we invited five research presenters from abroad and a total of 10 presentations were made (2 were in Japanese and 8 in English).
The Best Presentation Award was awarded to Yuki Higuchi, Associate Professor of Nagoya City University.
The title of his presentation was “Management and Innovation: Evidence from Randomized Experiments and Repeated Surveys in Vietnam”
The participants were wide ranging from graduate students to researchers and business practitioners. We thank them all for their participation.
The program of the 10th IIR Summer School can be accessed from below.
https://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/blog/2019/07/26/summer-school-2/
Topic:
Youngjin YOO
Topic:
Alexandru Preda
This forum is jointly organized by MIC (Management Innovation Research Center),
Hitotsubashi University.
The 14th Hitotsubashi Business Review Forum “Preparing for the Future – Challenges and Chances for Japanese Businesses in the Digital Age” was held at Hitotsubashi Hall on July 18, 2019. Lectures were given in front of an audience of nearly 400 participants and the forum was closed in great success.
Guest speakers included President, Satoshi Hirano (Topcon Corporation), Chairman, Kentaro Ohyama (Iris Ohyama Inc.), President Makoto Kouyama (Alibaba.com Japan Co., Ltd.) who respectively participated in one-on-one dialogues: Mr. Hirano with Professor Emeritus Seiichiro Yonekura; Mr. Oyama with Professor Emeritus Ikujiro Nonaka; and Mr. Kouyama with Professor Ken Kusunoki.
In addition, Mr. Yasufumi Fujii, East Asia Sales Manager of beBit, Inc. and Mr. Soichiro Murata, Director, Internet of Things / Fourth Industrial Revolution, Industry Value Engineering, SAP Japan Co., Ltd. were invited for a panel discussion along with Mr. Satoshi Hirano.
We extend our appreciation to all the participants.
The program of the 14th Hitotsubashi Business Review Forum can be accessed from below.
https://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/blog/2019/06/10/info-brforum014/ （In Japanese）
Topic:
ElSabry, ElHassan
Topic:
Ran Li
Topic:
Yongrae Cho
Topic:
Ishtiaq Pasha Mahmood
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 firm productivity and empirically test it with a cleaner identification strategy. Using a sample of Indonesian manufacturing firms and exploiting a combination of the fall of Suharto and the establishment of the anti-corruption body KPK as an exogenous shock to corruption costs, we find strong evidence to support our theory. While corruption hurts productivity, access to local knowledge helps absorb the negative impacts of corruption; intriguingly, both effects depend on the nature of political regime.
Vol.67 No.1 SUM. 2019 (In Japanese)
A leading management journal in Japanese,
which builds a bridge between theory and practice.
EDITED BY
Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Innovation Research
PUBLISHED BY
Toyo Keizai Inc.
A New Wave of “Education Reform”
Kan Suzuki
“What Is the 21st Century Education?: Discussion at OECD and New Practices from Japan“
Yuichi Kudo
“Creating a New School System: A Challenge of Kojimachi Public Junior High School“
Kanji Miyaji
“’Quest Education’: An Education Reform Challenge from Business Perspective“
Yusuke Mizuno
“New Education in Reiwa Era – Nurture and Maximize Each Teenager’s Potential:
Practice and Challenge of Nurturing Creativity by Life Is Tech !“
Genki Jinno / Jun Sato
“What Adaptive Learning Brings to Public Education:
Demonstration of Evidence in Public Junior High School Utilizing Qubena“
Sota Fukushima
“Projecting the Future of Education Reform through Active Learning:
Is That Initiative Authentic or Not?“
●Brand Management by All Stakeholders (2)
Satoko Suzuki
●International Standardization from JAPAN (7)
Manabu Eto / Yuichi Washida
The SSE and Hitotsubashi Joint Symposium on Innovation Ecosystem -A Key to Successful Innovation: Lessons from Swedish and Japanese Start-up Practices- was held at the National Center of Science Building (Gakujutsu Sogo Center), on May 16, 2019.
The symposium was jointly organized by The Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University and The House of Innovation (HOI) and the European Institute of Japanese Studies, Stockholm School of Economics, in collaboration with Toyokeizai, Business Forum, HUB FinTech Forum and IMPP. Although held on a weekday, the symposium enjoyed the participation of more than 100 visitors and received positive reviews.
The program of the SSE and Hitotsubashi Joint Symposium can be accessed from below.
https://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/blog/2019/03/27/info-sse/
https://www.iir.hit-u.ac.jp/en/2019/04/02/sse-and-hitotsubashi-joint-symposium-on-innovation-ecosystem-2019-5-16/
In Session One “Emerging Fintech,” Mr. Michal Gromek (Head of Operations and Compliance, Safello AB) gave a presentation on The Development of the Swedish Fintech Ecosystem. He spoke about the current situation of Sweden where fintech is developing at high speed, but many problems remain to be solved such as the legal system which is not yet aligned with the rapid development of technologies.
Following Mr. Gromek, Mr. Daisuke Sasaki (CEO, freee K.K.) gave a presentation on the Trends in Japanese FinTech and freee’s innovation. He explained how he started his business based on the belief that boosting the productivity of SMEs will lead to the growth of the entire Japanese economy and how his company grew to be so large starting from the development of an accounting software. He also shared his personal feelings behind his success.
In light of the above two presentations, a panel discussion was held under the moderation of Emeritus Professor Seiichiro Yonekura (Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University / Professor, Hosei University) and opinions were actively exchanged among Professor Mikiharu Noma (Hitotsubashi University Business school), Mr. Gromek and Mr. Sasaki, sparking an in-depth discussion on the theme. The discussion emphasized that not only efforts by technology experts and business managers, but the cooperation of legal experts is essential for the development of fintech.
It was also mentioned that Japanese government officials are also willing to contribute to the development of fintech, which highlighted the fact that close communication with policymakers was also very important.
In Session Two “Systems and Management of Innovation,” Mr. Yoshiaki Ishii (Director, Science, Technology and Innovation, Cabinet Office) first gave a presentation on Creating an Innovation Ecosystem in Japan. He explained the recent status of business startups in Japan and comprehensively introduced various measures implemented by the Japanese government and private sector to promote innovation in Japan.
Next, Ms. Zelia Sakhi (Chief Experience Officer of Virtusize Japan) gave a presentation titled, Customer-centric Innovation, the Swedish Way. She explained in detail and presented some specific examples of the process of how customer-centered innovation is created in Sweden.
In the following panel discussion moderated by Professor Mattia Bianchi (HOI, Stockholm School of Economics), Assistant Professor Mark A. Conley (Stockholm School of Economics), Mr. Ishii and Ms. Sakhi engaged in a multi-perspective discussion by sometimes comparing the systems and management styles of Japan and Sweden. They pointed out that the interaction between macro-processes such as policy development and micro-processes carried out by individual organizations and persons is the key to the sustainable creation of innovation.
With the closing remarks given by Mr. Martin Koos (General Manager of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Japan (SCCJ)), the symposium concluded in great success.
We extend our appreciation for your cooperation and to everyone who participated.
