Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Higham, Kyle W.: Gaétan de Rassenfosse: Adam B. Jaffe
No. 27598 NBER Working Paper （2020/09/29）

The 'quality' of novel technological innovations is extremely variable, and the ability to measure innovation quality is essential to sensible, evidence-based policy. Patents, an often vital precursor to a commercialised innovation, share this heterogeneous quality distribution. A pertinent question then arises: How should we define an…

Early career training and development of academic independence: a case of life sciences in Japan

Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Tohru : Sotaro Shibayama
『Studies in Higher Education.』 doi:10.1080/03075079.2020.1817889 （2020/09/11）

Academic training is the initial step for junior scientists to learn to develop into independent scientists. This study investigates how supervisors decide to employ dif…

National Origin Diversity and Innovation Performance

Kang, Byeongwoo : Kaoru Nabeshima
2020-E-2 WIAPS Discussion Paper Series （2020/09/01）

Institutionally derived strategic influence of MNC subsidiaries, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM) （2020/08/07）

What role do host country institutions play for the strategic influence of subsidiaries in mul-tinational enterprises (MNEs)? Through an inductive study of ten headquarters-subsidiary dyads across three MNEs, this paper identifies enablers of subsidiary influence in proposed strategies from headquarters, i.e., headquarter strategic ini…

The Screening Function of International Search Authorities under the Patent Cooperation Treaty: Evidence from the Japanese Government’s Policy Change in 1999

Okada, Yoshimi
WP#20-13 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/07/31）

This article examines the screening function of the International Search authorities, which produce International Search Reports (ISRs) for international patent applicat…

Institutionally derived strategic influence of MNC subsidiaries, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) （2020/07/18）

What role do host country institutions play for the strategic influence of subsidiaries in mul-tinational enterprises (MNEs)? Through an inductive study of ten headquarters-subsidiary dyads across three MNEs, this paper identifies enablers of subsidiary influence in proposed strategies from headquarters, i.e., headquarter strategic ini…

Institutionally derived strategic influence of MNC subsidiaries, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB) （2020/07/01）

What role do host country institutions play for the strategic influence of subsidiaries in mul-tinational enterprises (MNEs)? Through an inductive study of ten headquarters-subsidiary dyads across three MNEs, this paper identifies enablers of subsidiary influence in proposed strategies from headquarters, i.e., headquarter strategic ini…

Characteristics of Firms Transmitting Data across Borders: Evidence from Japanese Firm-level Data

Tomiura, Eiichi : Banri Ito : Byeongwoo Kang
20-E-048 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2020/05/01）

Determinants of donations to scientific research: An experimental study of motivations for crowdfunding in Japan

Aminaka, Hirokazu : Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi
WP#20-09 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/04/30）

Revisiting incremental product innovations in the food manufacturing industry: An empirical study on the effect of intellectual property rights

Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Tohru: Tomofumi Miyanoshita: Daisuke Kanama
『Journal of Economic Structures』 （2020/04/20）

The highly competitive and mature food industry has long been process innovation-oriented while largely neglecting product/technological innovation. However, recent innovation debates have raised two issues. First, imitations of product innovations likely underestimate the value of innovation in this industry; second, exaggerations of …

Profiting from (not too many) package designs: evidence from a firm level design registration analysis in the food manufacturing industry

Miyanoshita, Tomofumi: Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi: Daisuke Kanama
『British Food Journal』 Vol. 122 No. 7 pp. 2233-2251 （2020/04/01）

Academic contribution to industrial innovation by funding type

Kang, Byeongwoo: Kazuyuki Motohashi
『Scientometrics』 Vol. 124 No. 1 pp. 169-193 （2020/03/23）

Universities are an important actor for innovation. Their contributions to technological and scientific knowledge development have been supported by various types of fu…

Centers of Gravity: The Effect of Stable Shared Leadership in Top Management Teams on Firm Growth and Industry Evolution

Agarwal, Rajshree : Serguey Braguinsky : Atsushi Ohyama, 『Strategic Management Journal』 Vol.41, Issue 3, pp. 467-498
（2020/03/01）

Determinants of Patent Infringement Awards in the US, Japan, and China: A Comparative Analysis

Hu, Wei : Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi : Toshiya Watanabe
『World Patent Information』 Volume 60 （2020/03/01）

Masaharu Yoshii, Oral History (2nd, 2): Oral History on Game Development and Sales at Sega and Sega of America

Shigihara, Morihiro : Fumihiko Ikuine : Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#20-06 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/02/14）

Masaharu Yoshii, Oral History (2nd, 1): Oral History on Game Development and Sales at Sega and Sega of America

Shigihara, Morihiro : Fumihiko Ikuine : Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#20-05 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/02/14）

Masaharu Yoshii, Oral History (1st, 2): Oral History on Game Development at Sega and Game Industry at the Early Stage

Shigihara, Morihiro : Donghoon Kim : Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#20-04 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/02/03）

Masaharu Yoshii, Oral History (1st, 1): Oral History on Game Development at Sega and Game Industry at the Early Stage

Shigihara, Morihiro : Donghoon Kim : Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#20-03 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2020/02/03）

Individual-level Determinants of Academic Patent Licensing to Start-ups: Impacts of Principal Investigators’ Embeddedness in the Industry

Modic, Dolores : Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, in Novotny, Adam : Einar Rasmussen : Tommy H. Clause : Johan Wiklund（編）『Research Handbook on Start-Up Incubation Ecosystems』 pp. 349-365
Edward Elgar Publishing（2020/02/01）

Effects of early patent publication on knowledge dissemination: Evidence from U.S. patent law reform

Okada, Yoshimi :Sadao Nagaoka
『Information Economics and Policy』 （2020/01/25）

In order to assess effects of early publication of patent applications on the dissemination of the disclosed technological knowledge, this study examines the impacts of the 18-month pre-grant publication system introduced in the United States in 2000. It focuses on the variations of the applicant non-self-citations driven by the actual…