Assessing international knowledge spillovers from government funded R&D: evidence from Japanese national projects

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…

血肉化するイノベーション：革新を実現する組織を創る

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。

The determinants of parallel invention: Measuring the role of information sharing and personal interaction between inventors

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 …

The Impact of Brokerage in a Communication Network on Productivity: Evidence from Sensor Data

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…

Enabling Innovation Activities in Standardization: A Dynamic Interplay of Moderating Factors and Firm Innovation Activities in Standard-Setting Organizations

You, Kyoungmin：Hirofumi Tatsumoto
『Organizational Science』 Vol.57 Issue2 93-112頁 （2023/09/01）

Corporations initiate Standard-Setting Organizations (SSOs) and formulate technology standards across diverse sectors. Existing research has yielded contradictory conclusions between SSOs and firm innovation, engendering a complexity for both practitioners and academic researchers in thoroughly understanding this domain. This study inv…

Mechanisms for Long-Term Innovation:Technology and Business Development of Reverse Osmosis Membranes

Fujiwara, Masatoshi; Yaichi Aoshima
Springer Nature Singapore, 372 pages（2022/12/16）

This book explores how a long-term innovation can take place based on historical analyses of the development of reverse osmosis (RO) membrane from the early 1950s to the mid-2010s. The RO membrane is a critical material for desalination that is a key to solve water shortages becoming serious in many places of the world. The authors …

Home country influence in cross-border M&As: A systematic review focusing on emerging market acquirers, Conference Paper: submitted by He, Geer and Ivar Padrón-Hernández,

Annual Meeting of the European International Business Academy (EIBA) （2022/12/10）

Findings in extant research on how the home country matters in cross-border M&As by emerging-market firms are inconclusive. To take stock of extant research and investigate commonalities as well as disparities, we conducted a systematic literature review of 59 empirical articles on this topic. We categorize previous findings according …

Home country influence in cross-border M&As: A systematic review focusing on emerging market acquirers, Conference Paper: submitted by He, Geer and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Annual Conference of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association (EAMSA) （2022/10/29）

Findings in extant research on how the home country matters in cross-border M&As by emerging-market firms are inconclusive. To take stock of extant research and investigate commonalities as well as disparities, we conducted a systematic literature review of 59 empirical articles on this topic. We categorize previous findings according …

Economic sociology in Japan

Nakano Tsutomu: Masaru Karube: Yoshimichi Sato: Naoki Wakabayashi
『economic sociology. perspectives and conversations』 23 1 11-18 （2021/11/30）

Economic sociology is an established field in the Western tradition of sociology. Departing from the instrumental rationality of neoclassical economics (Weber 1968), it has made a breakthrough with its foundational conception that economic action of individuals constructs social structures and these social structures heavily influence …

Robust disruptors and incumbent capabilities in the Japanese taxi industry, Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar and Masahiro Kotosaka

Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) （2021/07/03）

The ongoing disruption in taxi services by international ride sharing platforms is highly publicized. Recent research in strategic management (e.g. Baron, 2018) has show…

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…

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…

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）

An Analysis of the Trilemma Phenomenon for Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy

Yun, Bo-Seong: Sang-Gun Lee: Yaichi Aoshima, 『Service Business』 Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 779-814
（2019/12/01）

Starting from industry 4.0 in Germany and followed by the New Strategy for American Innovation in the USA and the smartization strategy in Japan, developed countries are…

The Business Effects of Standardization for SMEs

Eto, Manabu
『International Journal of Standardization Research 』 Volume17 Issue2 p. 20 （2019/07/01）

Standardization activity is a type of open innovation, specifically an outbound­-revealing open innovation. Through standardization activities, a given technology spread…

A Comparative Study on Industrial Spillover Effects among Korea, China, the USA, Germany and Japan

Min, Yong-Ki : Sang-Gun Lee : Yaichi Aoshima, 『Industrial Management & Data Systems』 Vol.119, Issue 3, pp. 454-472
（2019/04/01）

Staying Young at Heart or Wisdom of Age: Longitudinal Analysis of Age and Performance in US and Japanese Firms

Yamaguchi, Shotaro：Ryuji Nitta：Yasushi Hara：Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#18-41 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/06/20）

How does ageing influence the profitability of firms? This study uses an analysis of corporations listed on the NYSE and TSE between 1978 and 2015 to highlight clear dif…

Today’s Oral History: Crisis Management in Fukushima: Applied Materials Japan

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro
WP#18-40 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/03/08）

Today’s Oral History: Crisis Management in Fukushima: Tokyo Electron

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro
WP#18-39 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2018/03/08）