Youji Kawaguchi, Oral History (2nd, 2): The Job of Publishing the Game Magazine (the Period of ‘BEEP! MegaDrive’)

Shigihara, Morihiro : Huang, Wei : Yamaguchi, Shotaro
WP#18-04 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/01/01）

Youji Kawaguchi, Oral History (1st, 2): The Pioneering Magazine of Consumer Games

Fukuda, Kazufumi : Inoue, Akihito : Shigihara, Morihiro : Shimizu, Hiroshi : Yamaguchi, Shotaro : Huang Wei
WP#18-02 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/01/01）

Youji Kawaguchi, Oral History (1st, 1): Before the Job of Publishing the Game Magazine

Fukuda, Kazufumi : Inoue, Akihito : Shigihara, Morihiro : Shimizu, Hiroshi : Yamaguchi, Shotaro : Huang Wei
WP#18-01 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/01/01）

Youji Kawaguchi, Oral History (2nd, 1): The Job of Publishing the Game Magazine (the Period of ‘Beep’)

Shigihara, Morihiro : Huang, Wei : Yamaguchi, Shotaro
WP#18-03 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/01/01）

How a laid-off employee becomes an entrepreneur: The case of Nokia’s Bridge program

Kang, Byeongwoo : Heikki Rannikko : Erno T. Tornikoski
WP#17-15 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2017/12/26）

This paper investigates how to support employees to become entrepreneurs. Using original survey data by Nokia, we show two main findings. First, some contents of entrepreneurship were effective commonly to employees with an R&D background and to those with a non-R&D background while other contents were effective to either employees wit…

How a Laid-off Employee Becomes an Entrepreneur: The Case of Nokia's Bridge Program

RENT XXXI Conference （2017/11/17）

Conference Paper: submitted by Kang, Byeongwoo, Heikki Rannikko and Erno T. Tornikoski

The Impacts of Export Competition on International Technology Flows

Nabeshima, Kaoru : Mila Kashcheeva : Byeongwoo Kang
『Applied Economics Letters』 pp. 1-4 （2017/10/25）

Knowledge flow is a key to building technological capabilities. This article investigates how competition in international trade affects knowledge flow between countries…

Effects of Local Government Subsidy on Rooftop Solar PV in Japan

The International Conference on Renewable energy Research and Application, ICRERA 2017 （2017/10/06）

Conference Paper: submitted by Asano, Kenji and Yaichi Aoshima

The Toyota Group and the Aisin Seiki Fire

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro: Alexandre Beaudet, Fujimoto, Takahiro: Daniel Heller（編）『Industries and Disasters: Building Robust and Competitive Supply Chains』 pp. 117-145
Nova Science Publishers（2017/10/01）

Which Do You Prefer, Artisanal or Laboratory Made?: Tension between Science and Tradition in Sake Brewing

Hori, Keisuke: Yusuke Hoshino: Shimizu Hiroshi
『Hitotsubashi Journal of Commerce and Management』 Vol. 51 No. 1 pp. 1-16 （2017/10/01）

Localization of knowledge-creating establishments

Inoue, Hiroyasu : Kentaro Nakajima : Yukiko Umeno Saito
『Japan and the World Economy』 Vol.43 pp. 23-29 （2017/09/01）

This study investigates the localization of establishment-level knowledge creation using data from a Japanese patent database. Using distance-based methods, we obtain the following results. First, Japanese knowledge-creating establishments defined by patenting experience are significantly localized at the 5% level, with a localization …

Spin-Outs and Patterns of Subsequent Innovation: Technological Development of Laser Diodes in the US and Japan

Shimizu, Hiroshi : Naohiko Wakutsu
WP#17-14 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2017/08/28）

By exploring the technological development of laser diodes in the US and Japan, this study examines how the existence or absence of an entrepreneurial strategic choice for spin-outs influences patterns of subsequent technological development. The results show that spin-outs could hinder the subsequent development of existing technology…

Book Review: Jinzai no kokusai ido to inobeshon (International Migration of Highly Skilled Workers and Innovation, by Yukiko Murakami, Tokyo: NTT Publishing, 2015)

Nakajima, Kentaro
『Social Science Japan Journal』 Vol.20 No.2 pp.323-325 （2017/08/01）

Exploring Memories from Narrative: Methodology of Oral History for Innovation Research

Yamaguchi, Shotaro : Donghoon Kim
WP#17-02 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2017/06/20）

The expanding Empire and spatial distribution of economic activity: the case of Japan's colonization of Korea during the prewar period

Nakajima, Kentaro : Tetsuji Okazaki
『The Economic History Review』 Vol.71 No.2 pp. 593-616 （2017/06/09）

In 1910, Japan annexed Korea and integrated it into the Empire of Japan. According to its policy of assimilating colonies, the Japanese government intended to remove the tariffs between Japan and Korea, an aim which had almost been realized by 1923. The removal of the tariff barrier was supposed to improve market access between Japan a…

Highways and Industrial Development in the Peripheral Regions of China

Xu, Hangtian : Kentaro Nakajima
『Papers in Regional Science』 Vol.96 No.2 pp. 325-356 （2017/06/01）

This study estimates how highways affected industrial development in China's peripheral regions between 1998 and 2007, a period during which China experienced rapid grow…

Support for the Renesas Recovery Effort after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Commensurate Trust Emerged

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro: Motoko Tsujita
WP#17-06 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2017/05/09）

Global Spread of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection: Micro Evidence from the International Equivalents of Drug

Okada, Yoshimi : Sadao Nagaoka
『Patents in Japan, Millennial Asia』 Vol.8 No.1 pp. 26-47 （2017/04/11）

The Impact of Import vs. Export Competition in Technology Flows between Countries

Kaoru, Nabeshima : Mila Kashcheeva : Byeongwoo Kang
No. 654 IDE Discussion Papers （2017/04/01）

Many countries are interested in strengthening their technological capabilities to achieve high growth rates. Knowledge flow is a key to build technological capabilities…

The Impact of the Opening of High-Speed Rail on Innovation

Inoue, Hiroyasu : Kentaro Nakajima : Yukiko Saito
17-E-034 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2017/03/31）