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）

How to Make Your Organization Fresher

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro
『Kakehashi』 / Industrial Employment Stabilization Center of Japan, May 2012, pp. 4-8 (in Japanese) （2012/05/01）

A Pitfall of Environmental Policy: An analysis of “Eco-point Program” in Japan and its application to the renewable energy policy

Aoshima, Yaichi : Hiroshi Shimizu
WP#12-12 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/05/01）

Wenzhounese Firms after the Lehman Shock: the Wenzhou Model Revisited

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro: Jiang Hong Xiang: Motoko Tsujita
WP#12-06 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/03/21）

Fujian Networks and Social Capital with Particular Reference to Fuqing Immigrants in Japan

Tsujita, Motoko: Toshihiro Nishiguchi
WP#12-05 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/03/15）

Wenzhounese Entrepreneurs’ Way to Success: The Appropriation of Networks and Social Capital

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro: Motoko Tsujita
WP#12-03 (in Japanese) Hitotsubashi University IIR （2012/03/07）

A Study of the Economic Procurement Model Addressing the Issues of Growing Competitive Bidding in Japanese Defense Procurement Reforms

Nishiguchi, Toshihiro
Defense Procurement Structure Improvement Foundation, (Research Project Leader: Toshihiro Nishiguchi, in Japanese) （2012/03/01）