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

Kang,Byeongwoo: Rudi Bekkers
WP#22-06 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2022/11/07）

Historical accounts describe numerous cases of parallel invention. Nowadays, with over half a million inventions yearly that apply for patent protection at the USPTO alone, it is likely that there are a lot of parallel inventions among these. Yet, the mechanisms behind creating similar knowledge remain unstudied. From both a theoretica…

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…

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…

Local Industry Influence on Commercialization of University Research by University Startups

Kang, Byeongwoo : Kazuyuki Motohashi
20-E-086 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2020/11/01）

National Origin Diversity and Innovation Performance

Kang, Byeongwoo : Kaoru Nabeshima
2020-E-2 WIAPS Discussion Paper Series （2020/09/01）

Impact of Academic Patenting on Scientific Publication Quality at the Project Level

Kang, Byeongwoo
『Asian Journal of Technology Innovation』 Vol. 29 Issue 2 pp. 258-282, refereed （2020/07/31）

This paper investigates the relationship between patenting and publishing at the project level. It uses Japan’s Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research database. Japan’s …

Academic contribution to industrial innovation by funding type

Kang, Byeongwoo: Kazuyuki Motohashi
『Scientometrics』 Vol. 124 No. 1 pp. 169-193 （2020/03/23）

Universities are an important actor for innovation. Their contributions to technological and scientific knowledge development have been supported by various types of fu…

Effects of Regulations on Cross-border Data Flows: Evidence from a Survey of Japanese Firms

Tomiura, Eiichi : Banri Ito : Byeongwoo Kang
19-E-088 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2019/10/25）

3. Standard Essential Patent War: Samsung vs Apple (in Korean)

Kang, Byeongwoo, 『4.0 Industry and Standardization: Case Studies』 pp. 43-62
韓国・博英社（2019/07/01）

Mobility of Highly Skilled Retirees from Japan to Korea and Taiwan

Kang, Byeongwoo: Yukihito Sato: Yasushi Ueki
『Pacific Focus』 Vol. 33 No. 1 pp. 58-82 （2018/04/16）

Attracting highly skilled workers (HSWs) is a major element for the economic development of many countries, especially developing countries. However, the general interna…

How a laid-off employee becomes an entrepreneur: The case of Nokia’s Bridge program

Kang, Byeongwoo : Heikki Rannikko : Erno T. Tornikoski
WP#17-15 Hitotsubashi University IIR （2017/12/26）

This paper investigates how to support employees to become entrepreneurs. Using original survey data by Nokia, we show two main findings. First, some contents of entrepreneurship were effective commonly to employees with an R&D background and to those with a non-R&D background while other contents were effective to either employees wit…

How a Laid-off Employee Becomes an Entrepreneur: The Case of Nokia's Bridge Program

RENT XXXI Conference （2017/11/17）

Conference Paper: submitted by Kang, Byeongwoo, Heikki Rannikko and Erno T. Tornikoski

Mobility of Highly Skilled Retirees from Japan to the Republic of Korea and Taiwan

Kang, Byeongwoo : Yukihito Sato : Yasushi Ueki
ERIA Discussion Paper 2016-31 Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia （2017/02/28）

Attracting highly skilled workers is a major element in the economic development of many countries, especially developing ones. However, workers generally move from developing countries to developed ones. Historical evidence indicates that Korean and Taiwanese firms scout for highly skilled (retired or soon-to-retire) Japanese workers …

How a Laid-off Employee Becomes an Entrepreneur: The Case of Nokia’s Bridge Program

Workshop on Innovation in Digital Industries (organized by IIR) （2017/02/24）

Submitted by Kang, Byeongwoo, Heikki Rannikko and Erno T. Tornikoski