Workshop on Empirical Research in Innovation and Entrepreneurship – Dialogue Between Japan and San Diego

Workshop on Empirical Research in Innovation and Entrepreneurship
– Dialogue Between Japan and San Diego –

August 13-14, 2019

University of California San Diego 

Co-hosts

JST-RISTEX “Star Scientists and Innovation of Japan Project”
Japan – Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Program at UC San Diego Rady School of Management
Waseda Business School – Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship Research Group

Organizers

Kazuyuki Motohashi, Ph.D. (University of Tokyo)
Kanetaka M. Maki, Ph.D. (Waseda Business School / UC San Diego)

Venue

UC San Diego Rady School of Management (Access)
Rooms 4W114 (August 13) & 4S138 (August 14)

Topics

The workshop focuses on research in the economics and management of innovation and entrepreneurship and aims to connect workshop aims to connect researchers in Japan and the US. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • innovation; entrepreneurship; economic growth;
  • finance of innovation
  • university-industry collaboration
  • star scientists and startups

The workshop participants include many scholars from Japan. However, our research topics do not focus on so-called “Japan Research.”

Presentations

  • Kenta Ikeuchi (RIETI and NISTEP)
    • “Science-based Innovation Process in Japan: Developing a Comprehensive Dataset of Author-Inventor and Publication-Patent Linkage”
  • Kazuyuki Motohashi (Professor, Univ. of Tokyo; NISTEP; and RIETI)
    • “Co-evolution of science and technology in AI driven innovation”
  • Kanetaka M, Maki (Associate Professor, Waseda Business School)
    • “Star Scientists Project Overview and Star Scientists Cohort Dataset”
  • Koichi Sumikura (Professor, National Graduate Institute For Policy Studies)
    • Highly Cited Researchers in Japan and US: Focusing on University of Tokyo, Kyoto University and UCSD
  • Hiromi Nagane (Associate Professor, Chiba University)
    • “Star  Scientists in Japan”How can we detect star scientists? The type of star scientists and the transition in Japan.
  • Tohru Yoshioka Kobayashi (Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University)
    • “Academic Defragmentation by Academic Commercialization: Insights from Inventor Network Analysis”
  • Josh Graff-Zivin (UC San Diego)
    • TBD
  • Eric Floyd (UC San Diego)
    • TBD
  • Guido Baltes (Visiting Professor, UC San Diego)
    • TBD

Participants (Tentative, as discussants, observers etc.)

  • Vish Krishnan (Professor, UC San Diego)
  • Mario Milone (Assistant Professor, UC San Diego)
  • Tomoko Hayashi (Project Scientists, UC San Diego)
  • Nathan Owens (Director, Global CONNECT)
  • Michi Fukushima (Professor, Tohoku University)
  • Hiroki Matsuda (Principal, Sozo Ventures)
  • Xiaoxiao Liu (Visiting Researcher, UC San Diego)
  • Kazuhiro Uchida (IBM Japan)

Schedule

  • August 13th (Tue) – Room 4W114
    • 9:20-9:30 – Opening Remarks
    • 9:30-10:30 – Presentation 1 – Sumikura
    • 10:30-11:30 – Presentation 2 – Baltes
    • 11:30-12:30 – Lunch (by your own)
    • 12:30-13:30 – Presentation 3 – Graff-Zivin
    • 13:30-14:30 – Presentation 4 – Motohashi
    • 14:30-15:30 – Presentation 5 – Ikeuchi
    • 15:30-15:45 – Break
    • 15:45-16:45 – Presentation 6 – Nagane
    • 16:45-17:45 – Discussion for future Collaboration (Facilitator: Motohashi & Maki)
    • 18:30-21:00 – Dinner
      • Venue
        • BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse at La Jolla Village
        • 8785 Villa La Jolla Dr, La Jolla, CA 92037
      • Current participants
        • Kenta, Kazuyuki, Kanetaka, Koichi, Hiromi, Tohru, Eric, Mario, Michi, Hiroki, Kazuhiro, Xiaoxiao
      • Notes
        • Pay by your own
        • If you plan to attend, please confirm by Aug 12th.
  • August 14th (Wed) – Room 4S138
    • 10:00-11:00 – Presentation 7- Floyd
    • 11:00-12:00 – Presentation 8 – Yoshioka-Kobayashi
    • 12:00-13:30 – Lunch (by your own)
    • 13:30-14:30 – Presentation 9 – Maki
    • 14:30-15:30 – Discussion for the Future Collaborations
    • 15:30-16:00 – Closing Remarks (Facilitator – Motohashi & Maki)

* The detailed schedule will be announced later.

Accommodations

Registration

  • Please send an e-mail to the organizer (kanetaka-sec@kanetaka-maki.org).

Administrative Staff

  • Miki Ishii (Arrangement from Japan)
  • Kazuhiro Uchida (Local arrangements during the workshop)
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