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 …

K-pop’s internationalization in the product adaptation and the upstream music supply chain in Korea, China, Japan, and the West

Kim, Byeongsik：Byeongwoo Kang
『Asia Pacific Business Review』 Vol. 29 No. 5 pp. 1369-1393 （2023/06/01）

The success of Korean popular music (K-pop) in foreign markets has attracted considerable attention from researchers. Previous studies have highlighted the factors in K-…

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

Kang,Byeongwoo: Rudi Bekkers
WP#22-06 一橋大学イノベーション研究センター （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…

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…

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…

教育産業でのDX

カン・ビョンウ
『一橋ビジネスレビュー』 68巻 2 80-93頁 （2020/10/01）

2020年３月の国連教育科学文化機関における教育担当閣僚級会合で、参加11カ国中、日本以外のすべての国が新型コロナウイルスによる外出制限・休校期間中にオンラインで指導をしていたことが判明した。日本の決定的な遅れという現実を前に、ようやく日本でも教育分野でのDXの議論に勢いがついたといえる。本論文ではまず、現在進んでいる教育制度・現場での…

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 …

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）

freee：起業に至る転職キャリア形成

カン・ビョンウ：佐々木大輔
『一橋ビジネスレビュー』 第66巻 4号 8-18頁 （2019/03/28）

現在、ITと金融の融合によって未曾有のビジネスチャンスが生まれ、さまざまなスタートアップがその存在感を強めている。なかでもfreeeは金融業界のNEXTユニコーンとして注目を集めている。本稿では、創業者でありCEOの佐々木大輔とともに起業ヒストリーを振り返り、freeeのビジネスモデルがどのように構築され、その事業がどう拡大していったの…

International protection of standard essential patents

Dang, Jianwei: Byeongwoo Kang: Ke Ding
『Technological Forecasting and Social Change』 Vol. 139 pp. 75-86 （2019/02/01）

Technical standards in the mobile communications industry have been developed from national to regional and from regional to global. In the current era, global standards in the industry have enabled the formation of a single global market. However, because standard essential patents (SEPs) are territorial given the nature of the patent…

How Does Innovation Occur in India? Evidence from the JIRICO Survey

The International Schumpeter Society （2018/07/04）

Young Scholars Award 2018: This paper reports the results of the JIRICO survey to shed light on the drivers and obstacles to innovation in India, and how the intellectual property rights system, particularly patents, play a role in the larger innovation ecosystem of the country. Findings are on three issues: (1) Motivation of Innovati…

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 does innovation occur in India? Evidence from the JIRICO survey

Bharadwaj, Ashish : Byeongwoo Kang
WP#18-05 一橋大学イノベーション研究センター （2018/01/30）

Based on the first innovation survey of 1139 firms in India, this paper provides innovation activities in India. Findings in this paper will provide insights to other emerging countries that pursue endogenous innovation.

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 一橋大学イノベーション研究センター （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

The Impacts of Export Competition on International Technology Flows

Nabeshima, Kaoru : Mila Kashcheeva : Byeongwoo Kang
『Applied Economics Letters』 pp. 1-4 （2017/10/25）

Knowledge flow is a key to building technological capabilities. This article investigates how competition in international trade affects knowledge flow between countries…

ノキア衰退前後のスタートアップ支援プログラムの比較

技術と経営 （2017/10/01）

著者：カン ビョンウ, 技術と経営 2017年10月出版, 53-55頁

The Impact of Import vs. Export Competition in Technology Flows between Countries

Kaoru, Nabeshima : Mila Kashcheeva : Byeongwoo Kang
No. 654 IDE Discussion Papers （2017/04/01）

Many countries are interested in strengthening their technological capabilities to achieve high growth rates. Knowledge flow is a key to build technological capabilities…

標準必須特許の諸問題について

カン・ビョンウ
『一橋ビジネスレビュー』 64巻 4号 122-129頁 （2017/03/23）

2017年１月にクアルコムが米連邦取引委員会とアップルから標準必須特許の問題で提訴され、注目を浴びている。1990年代から始まった標準必須特許の諸問題が20年以上経過した今でも絶えず続いている。その理由は、標準必須特許の諸問題が難題化または深刻化したからではなく、その問題に対する解決策がなかなか見つからないからである。問題解決が難しくて…