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Research Areas and Projects■ Research areasIIR has entered into agreements and memoranda concerning joint research with collaborating institutions, including the industrial sector and government agencies, to create a framework for research cooperation (see “Implementation System”), and is conducting research in the following areas for each project.(1)Measurement of innovation processesGathering or developing original data to understand and analyze the mechanisms of knowledge fusion and knowledge creation, the realities of knowledge commercialization processes and other innovation processes.(2) Technology managementResearch on optimal approaches to technology management that will efficiently link research and development results to innovations, as a country or industrial sector as a whole.(3) Policies and systemsBased on the case studies, statistical database and international research described above, IIR is analyzing problems that form barriers to the creation of new industries and sustainable innovation in existing industries in Japan, and conducting research that will lead to novel proposals concerning the best approach for the design of future policies and systems.■ Research Project

Program OverviewThe Institute of Innovation Research (IIR) initiated its Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Research Program on Innovation Processes in FY2008, with support from the central government.■ Background and purpose　 Innovation holds the key to Japan’s future economic growth. The process of innovation is highly complex, and accompanied by a social division of labor. To clarify measures that will effectively promote innovation in both the creation and application of knowledge, there is a need for systematic research into every process of innovation, from the accumulation of objective data and creation of ideas based on such data to their use. This research endeavor is pursuing research on innovation processes, including the mechanisms of knowledge creation and paths toward competition and cooperation in R&D, based on industry-academia-government collaboration (personnel exchanges, sharing of data and sharing of costs). Together with obtaining research results that set an international standard, the project seeks to embody its research results in novel policies and proposals for institutional reforms that will

Purposes and Objectives of the “Science for RE-designing Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (SciREX)” ProgramThe Science for RE-designing Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (SciREX) program seeks to prepare, common to the entire program, scientific foundations for the formulation, implementation and evaluation of policies when promoting science and technology innovation, and to realize mechanisms to democratically and effectively solve problems confronting society.The Science for RE-designing Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Steering Committee is discussing whether it is necessary to establish “appropriately implement policy options proposals” as an overarching objective for the entire program.“Policy options” refers to policies that might be adopted, which have been analyzed for their economic results and social effects (improved QOL, social system innovations, remediation of industrial structure, etc.) and prepared as a “science and technology innovation policy menu” of alternatives that can be selected.

Karube, Masaru   Professor Competitive strategy theory, technology managementBorn: 1969E-mail: Karube☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)Phone: +81-42-580-8429Fax: +81-42-580-8410 【Career】1993                          B.A., Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University1995                          Master of Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, 　　　　　　　　   Hitotsubashi University1998                          Doctor of Commerce, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, 　　　　　　　　   Hitotsubashi University1998-March 2002    Lecturer, Faculty of Business Administration, Tokyo Keizai University2002                          Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2006- December 2007 Fulbright Visiting Scholar 　　　　　　　　　　(Bryn Mawr College, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School)2007                          Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,　　　　　　　　   Hitotsubashi University2017-present　　    Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University 【Awards】The 55th Nikkei

Yonekura, Seiichiro  ProfessorBusiness historyBorn: 1953E-mail:　yonekura☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)Phone: +81-42-580-8420Fax: +81-42-580-8410【Career】1977                    B.A., Faculty of Social Studies, Hitotsubashi University1979                    B.A., Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University1981                    M.A., Graduate School of Social Sciences, Hitotsubashi University1982                   Senior Research Assistant, Institute of Business Research, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University1984                    Assistant Professor, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University1988                    Associate Professor, Institute of Business Research, Hitotsubashi University1990                    Ph.D., (History) Harvard University1992-1995           Member of the Core Faculty of the Global Leadership Program at the University of Michigan1995                    Professor, Institute of Business Research, Faculty of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University1997-present       Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University1999-2001           Director, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2008-2012           Director, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University2012-2014　　       Academic Director, Center for Japanese Studies, 　　　　　　　　　　　　Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS), University of Pretoria【Recent Research Themes】Currently I am undertaking research from an historical vantage point on a comparative business