The Economics of Spatial Mobility: Theory and Evidence Using Smartphone Data

Miyauchi, Yuhei： Kentaro Nakajima： Stephen J. Redding
No. 28497 NBER Working Paper （2022/04/01）

The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement in Japanese Print Media: A “Cars-for-Cheese-Deal” or “the Black Ships of European Cheese”? Conference Paper: submitted by Walravens, Tine and Ivar Padrón-Hernández

Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation Conference (SJSF) （2022/03/01）

On February 1st, 2019, the EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EJEPA) entered into force. The agreement was lauded in terms such as “the world’s largest free trade …

The Role of Face-to-face Contact in Innovation: The Evidence from the Spanish Flu Pandemic in Japan

Inoue, Hiroyasu： Kentaro Nakajima： Tetsuji Okazaki： Yukiko Umeno Saito
22-E-026 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2022/03/01）

On the Use of Satellite-Based Vehicle Flows Data to Assess Local Economic Activity: The Case of Philippine Cities

Go, Eugenia： Kentaro Nakajima： Yasuyuki Sawada： Kiyoshi Taniguchi
No. 652 ADB Economics Working Paper Series （2022/03/01）

Local Labor Market Effects of Chinese Imports and Offshoring: Evidence from Matched-Foreign Affiliate-Domestic Parent-Domestic Plant Data in Japan

Kiyota, Kozo： Kentaro Nakajima： Miho Takizawa
22-E-13 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2022/03/01）

Determinants of Contract Renewals in University–Industry Contract Research: Going my Way, or Good Sam?

Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Tohru: Makiko Takahashi, in Azagra-Caro, Joaquín M., Pablo D'Este and David Barberá-Tomás, eds. （編）『University-Industry Knowledge Interactions: People, Tensions and Impact (International Studies in Entrepreneurship Volume 52)』 Chap. 6, pp. 89-110
Springer（2022/02/22）

Patent citation generation at the triadic offices: Mechanisms and implications for analysis.

Higham, Kyle: Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi
4022851 SSRN Working Paper （2022/02/03）

Patent citations have been used for over four decades as indicators of numerous aspects of technological progress, including knowledge flows, technological evolution, and patent impact. However, research on these topics often ignores the variable contexts in which examiners, applicants, and third parties generate these citations, and t…

The Roles of Structured Management in the Formation of Transactional Relationship

Imani, Yusuke: Atsushi Ohyama
E-2021-07 TDB-CAREE Discussion Paper Series （2022/02/01）

Product Innovation, Product Diversification and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan's Early Industrialization

Braginsky, Serguey: Atsushi Ohyama: Tetsuji Okazakii: Chad Syverson
『American Economic Review』 Vol. 111 No. 12 pp. 3795-3826 （2021/12/01）

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 …

Estimating the Impact of Land Use Regulation on Land Price: At the Kink Point of Building Height Limits in Fukuoka

Nakajima, Kentaro： Keisuke Takano
21-E-88 RIETI Discussion Paper Series　21-E-88 （2021/10/01）

Management practices and productivity in Japan: Evidence from six industries in JP MOPS

Kambayashi, Ryo: Atsushi Ohyama: Nobuko Hori
『Journal of the Japanese and International Economies』 Volume 61 （2021/09/01）

Determinants of contract renewals in university–industry contract research: Going my way, or good Sam?

Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi and Makiko Takahashi, Springer （2021/09/01）

Long-term university–industry contract research benefits both universities and the industry, as it can potentially reduce transaction costs and improve the quality of su…

Trends in Gender Pay Gaps of Scientists and Engineers in Academia and Industry

Waverly W. Ding: Atsushi Ohyama: Rajshree Agarwal
『Nature Biotechnology』 39 1019-1024 （2021/08/01）

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…

Introducing a Novelty Indicator for Scientific Research: Validating the Knowledge-based Combinatorial Approach

Matsumoto, Kuniko: Sotaro Shibayama: Byeongwoo Kang: Masatsura Igami
『Scientometrics』 Vol. 126 No. 8 pp. 6891-6915 （2021/06/23）

Citation counts have long been considered as the primary bibliographic indicator for evaluating the quality of research—a practice premised on the assumption that citati…

Japanese business school rankings: Rivalry or a case of apples and oranges? Conference Paper: submitted by Padrón-Hernández, Ivar

Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland University Japan （2021/06/05）

There are many claims to the "top business school in Japan" moniker. This is confusing for prospective students when choosing where to invest an important part of their education. In this presentation, I reveal how this may be explained by a competing sets of quality assessment metrics of what entails a good business school. I also pro…

Innovation Processes in Public Research Institutes: AIST, Fraunhofer and ITRI Case Studies

Kang, Byeongwoo
『Science, Technology and Society』 Vol. 26 No. 3 pp. 433-458 （2021/05/25）

The design of national innovation systems has attracted attention from scholars and policymakers. Firms, universities and government organisations (including public research institutes) are defined as the three major players of the national innovation system and interactions between the players are considered the key of the national in…

Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Higham, Kyle:Gaétan de Rassenfosse:Adam B. Jaffe
『Research Policy』 Vol. 50 Issue 4 （2021/05/01）

The quality of novel technological innovations is extremely variable, and the ability to measure innovation quality is essential to sensible, evidence-based policy. Patents, an often vital precursor to a commercialised innovation, share this heterogeneous quality distribution. A pertinent question then arises: How should we define and …

National Origin Diversity and Innovation Performance: The Case of Japan

Kang, Byeongwoo: Kaoru Nabeshima
『Scientometrics』 Vol. 126 No. 6 pp. 5333-5351 （2021/04/26）

The debate on whether a team’s diversity influences innovation outcomes has gained attention in literature on innovation. Our study focuses on national origin among vari…