Kitahara, Yuki：Hiroaki Koda：Junya Kataoka：Kumiko Tatsumi：Ryo Nishino：Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi：Sumimasa Nagai
『Cytotherapy』 Vol. 28 Issue 4 pp1-11 （2026/04/01）
【Background】 Cell and gene therapies (CGT) have been increasingly translated into clinical practice over the past three decades; however, their development has been une…
Padrón-Hernández, Ivar：Edward Gillmore
『 Journal of International Management』 Volume 32 Issue 2 pp1-18 （2026/03/01）
Research on headquarters–subsidiary relationships has shown how subsidiaries respond to local institutions, but less is known about how they leverage those same institut…
Takada, Naoki：Yaichi Aoshima：Kazunari Matsushima：Akira Izumi
『International Journal of Technology Management』 Vol.99 No.1-2 pp127-146 （2026/02/25）
This study investigates international knowledge spillovers arising from government-funded R&D projects (GFPs). While GFPs are often justified by their domestic benefits, their international effects remain less clear. We posit that GFPs amplify international spillovers by signalling technological promise: government selection legitimise…
Maliphol, Sira：Wonsub Eum：Byeongwoo Kang
『Korean Management Review』 Vol. 54 No. 6 pp1989-2016 （2025/12/01）
This study examines the Artificial Intelligence (AI) transformation policies of South Korea and Japan through a comparative case study approach, analyzing policy documents from the OECD AI Policy Observatory and other recent legislation. Policies targeting emerging sectors like AI offer the groundwork for understanding policy direction…
Miyauchi, Yuhei：Kentaro Nakajima：Stephen J Redding
『Quarterly Journal of Economics』 Vol.140 Issue 4 pp.2507-2570 （2025/11/01）
We develop a tractable quantitative framework for modeling the rich patterns of spatial mobility observed in smartphone data. We show that travel is frequently undertaken as part of a travel itinerary, defined as a journey starting and ending at home that can include more than one intermediate stop on a given day. We show that these tr…
Kotani, Atsuki：Kentaro Nakajima：Tetsuji Okazaki：Yukiko U. Saito
25-E-093 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2025/09/01）
Innovations in military technology potentially drive significant societal transformations through applications to civilian use. This study aims to quantitatively measure the impact of military technology development on civilian innovation activities using prewar and wartime Japanese patent data from 1916 to 1945. By exploiting Japan's …
Inoue, Hiroyasu：Kentaro Nakajima：Tetsuji Okazaki：Yukiko U. Saito
『The Japanese Economic Review』 Vol.76 No.3 pp.795-820 （2025/06/19）
This study empirically investigates human interaction’s role in innovation by exploiting the 1918 influenza pandemic in Japan from 1918 to 1921, which prohibitively incr…
Ichikawa, Tagui
『Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS)』 pp.1-13頁 （2025/06/17）
Artificial intelligence (AI) governance systems vary based on countries’ cultural and social attributes. Influenced by its culture and social background, Japan’s AI gove…
Padrón-Hernández, Ivar： Kristina Kazuhara, Borup, Jørn：Annette Skovsted-Hansen（編）『Oplev Japan 』 pp. 198-210
Forlaget Univers（2025/04/01）
Walravens, Tine：Ivar Padrón-Hernández
『Asia Europe Journal』 Vol.23 pp.1-22 （2025/03/01）
The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EJEPA) entered into force on February 1st, 2019. The agreement was quickly coined the “cars-for-cheese deal”: Agri-food seem…
Khotamov, Navruz：Naoto Jinj
『Finance Research Letters』 Vol.74 pp.1-5 （2025/03/01）
Decisions under risk are often multidimensional, where the preferences of the investor depend on several factors. Investment theory implies that in the presence of different shocks, the correlation between these shocks is important. This study analyzes the relationship between the correlation of two shocks and foreign direct investment…
軽部大： 山田仁一郎 （訳）, ベン・Ｍ・ベンサウ （原）Built to Innovate：Essential Practices to Wire Innovation into Your Company's DNA
中央経済社（2025/02/26）
イノベーションは身近なものである。イノベーションの実現に必要な活動が日々の活動として習慣化するためには何をすべきか。企業の事例を交えながら具体的な方法を提示する。
Akiike, Atsushi：Sotaro Katsumata：Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi：Chris Baumann
『Journal of Business Research』 Vol. 189 Article number 115108 （2025/02/01）
This study examines the effect of smart products’ appearance typicality on purchase intentions and the moderation effect of smart product category knowledge. Previous st…
Annual Conference of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) （2024/12/12）
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Kang, Byeongwoo:Rudi Bekkers:Atsushi Ohyama
『Research Policy』 Vol. 53 Issue 10 pp. 1-16 （2024/12/01）
There is abundant evidence that individuals create similar ideas independently at about the same time. While this phenomenon has often been documented, its underlying mechanisms have been understudied empirically. This study investigates two of such mechanisms implied by the theoretical work of Amabile (1983, 1988), Nonaka (1994), and …
Khotamov, Navruz
『The World Economy』 （2024/11/25）
This study analyses the impact of downside risk on the flow of exports, foreign direct investment (FDI), and their joint pattern. Existing studies in this field have not considered the effects of risk asymmetry or downside risk because they describe risk only by variance; therefore, this study attempts to fill this gap. Downside risk i…
Harvard Business Review （2024/09/19）
By Regnér, P. and Ivar Padrón-Hernández（2024/09/19） When multinational firms enter new markets, they have to choose how to manage the formal and informal local rules th…
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Padrón-Hernández, Ivar
『Journal of Asia Business Studies』 Vol.18 Issue 4 pp. 1021–1042 （2024/07/23）
【Purpose】 This study aims to develop an extended social attachment model for expatriates, integrating a multiple stakeholder perspective, to understand evacuation decis…
Nakajima, Kentaro：Tsuyoshi Tsuru：Katsuhito Uehara
『Connections』 Vol.44 Issue1 1-20頁 （2024/05/29）
Problem-solving effectiveness is key to organizational performance. To solve problems, gathering information from colleagues is critical, and positioning brokerage in communication networks is beneficial. The communication network for problem-solving is formed depending on the nature of the problem. Thus, the problem-solving network i…
Vietnam-Japan International Business Conference （2024/03/27）
【Purpose】 Emerging market firms (EMFs) are increasingly expanding their global presence through cross-border mergers and acquisitions (CBMAs). While such deals are dist…
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