Management of Science, Serendipity, and Research Performance: Evidence from Scientists' Survey

Murayama, Kota : Makoto Nirei : Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#13-13 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/05/13）

This study investigates the impact of management style on research performance in science. If a managerial role is played by a leading scientist in the research team, that is considered management-research integration. If not, we consider that management and research are separated. We found that separating the managerial and research r…

Does the outsourcing of prior art search increase the efficiency of patent examination?

Yamauchi, Isamu : Sadao Nagaoka
WP#13-12 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/05/07）

This paper investigates the effects of outsourcing of prior art search on the efficiency of patent examination, using a large scale Japanese patent examination data. Out…

The Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. and NGK Insulators, Ltd. : Inside Cooperative Innovation: Development and Commercialization of Sodium-Sulfur Batteries for Power Storage

Fukushima, Eishi
CASE#13-01 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/04/23）

This case study is the result of research undertaken for the Research Project on Okochi Prize Cases, which is being conducted with financial support from the Dynamics of…

High-Tech Entrepreneurship

Braguinsky, Serguey : Steven Klepper : Atsushi Ohyama
『Journal of Law and Economics』 （2013/04/01）

Wenzhou Entrepreneurs' Network Strategy and Community: Their Typology by Cluster Analysis

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro: Motoko Tsujita
WP#13-09 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/03/29）

Integrating Personal Expertise: A History of Japanese Audit Firms, 1965–2010

KARUBE, Masaru : Hironori Fukukawa
WP#13-07 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/03/21）

To examine empirically the knowledge integration process of professional expertise that individuals have in a professional firm, this paper examines the emergence and g…

Personal Knowledge of Audit Partners and Organizational Knowledge of Audit Firms and the Impact on Audit Fees

Fukukawa、Hironori : Masaru Karube
WP#13-06 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/03/21）

This study develops a conceptual framework for auditor knowledge comprising both the personal knowledge of auditors and the organizational knowledge of audit firms. We u…

Audit Firm Switch and Engagement Partner Continuance

Fukukawa,Hironori : Masaru Karube
WP#13-05 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/03/21）

This study examines how audit fees change when companies switch audit firms. In particular, we are interested in the effect of engagement partners’ familiarity with clie…

Interaction-based Foundation of Aggregate Investment Shocks

Nirei, Makoto
WP#13-04 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/03/08）

This paper demonstrates that the interactions of rm-level indivisible investments give rise to aggregate uctuations without aggregate exogenous shocks. I develop a method to derive the distribution of the aggregate capital growth rate by embedding a ctitious tatonnement in a branching process. This method shows that idiosyncratic …

Contributions of young scholars in team-based scientific research

Igami,Masatsura : Sadao Nagaoka : John P. Walsh
WP#13-02 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2013/01/15）

How to design and manage a research team has become an increasingly important issue in knowledge creation in science. This paper aims to understand how young scholars contribute to scientific research in the context of a research team. We have found that the likelihood of the involvement of postdoctoral fellows is high in research team…

Effects of Government Funding on R&D Performance leading to Commercialization

Yaichi Aoshima: Kazunari Matsushima: Manabu Eto
『 International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development』 Vol.12, No.1 （2013/01/01）

This paper draws on data obtained from a questionnaire survey conducted for the 242 private R&D projects supported by NEDO (New Energy and Industrial Technology Developm…

Possibilities of Geothermal Power Generation in Japan: Notes from an Iceland Field Study

Aoshima, Yaichi : Tomono Miki
WP#12-11 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/09/12）

Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the sources of breakthrough inventions: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards

Fontana, Roberto: Alessandro Nuvolari: Hiroshi Shimizu: Andrea Vezzulli
『Journal of Evolutionary Economics』 Vol.22 No.4 pp. 785-810 （2012/09/01）

This paper examines the relationship between Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the generation of breakthrough inventions. Our data source for breakthrough inven…

Schumpeterian Patterns of Innovation and the Sources of Breakthrough Inventions: Evidence from a Data-Set of R&D Awards

Fontana, Roberto: Alessandro Nuvolari: Hiroshi Shimizu: Andrea Vezzulli
Working Papers 2012/24, Department of Economics at the School of Economics and Management (ISEG), Technical University of Lisbon （2012/08/01）

Study of the Management for Successful R&D Projects Supported by Public Funds

Yamazaki Akira: Kazunari Matsushima: Kenichiro Mizuno
WP#12-09 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/07/31）

There are various factors associated with success or failure of R&D projects, such as maturity of the technology, circumstances surrounding R&D systems within companies and environments for commercialization of R&D projects. For R&D projects supported by public funds in particular, it has been difficult to clarify what makes R&D projec…

Development of the Polyamide Composite Reverse Osmosis Membrane and Reverse Osmosis Membrane System: A Case Study of Toray Industries, Inc.

Fujiwara, Masatoshi: Yaichi Aoshima: Tomono Miki
CASE#12-08 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/07/06）

Water scarcity has become a serious problem due to global economic development, population growth, and environmental pollution, creating a huge demand for seawater desal…

Seiko Epson Corporation: Development of an Inkjet Printer that Produces High-Resolution Text and Images

Aoshima, Yaichi: Makoto Kitamura
CASE#12-07 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/07/06）

The inkjet (IJ) printer business has now become the core business that supports Seiko Epson (Epson). However, the road to that point was not all smooth sailing. In parti…

Standardization as a result of Research and Development

EURAS 2012 （2012/06/18）

Conference Paper: submitted by Eto, Manabu

Organizational Characteristics of Middle Managers’ Deterioration as Sources of Organizational Decline

Masaru Karube : Toshihiko Kato : Tsuyoshi Numagami,
『in Dariusz Jemielniak & Abigail Marks (eds.) Managing Dynamic Technology-Oriented Businesses, IGI Global.』 pp. 209-227 （2012/06/01）

The Samurai Company: Double Creative Response in Meiji Japan -The Case of Onoda Cement

Yonekura, Seiichiro
WP12-08 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/05/22）