Faculty Members

Hiroshi Osada　（Link to my personal HP）

Fields

Operations strategy, total quality management, corporate strategy, technology R&D management

Lecture

Quality Management, Technology Marketing

Main research themes

Total quality management, management analysis, management strategy, technology R&D management, knowledge management, environmental management, etc.

Main activities

Currently, The Japanese Society for Quality Control (Vice-chair of editing for the academic journal), The Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management (Trustee), Deming Prize Committee Member (Sub-committee vice-chair), Okochi Prize Judging Committee Member

Background

University of Tokyo, School of Engineering, Completed Master's Program; Graduate School of Decision Science Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Completed PhD Program, PhD (Engineering); from 1973, manager of special resin development, Asahi Kasei Corporation, followed by successive posts at the Asahi Research Center, such as CEO, etc., and served in business planning, new product development, drawing up a global strategy, quality control, evaluation of research and development, analysis of industrial strategy, etc.; in 1999, professor in the Department of Ecosocial System Engineering at the University of Yamanashi; from April 2005, professor in the innovation management graduate school in the management of technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.  Concurrent post as a lecturer since 1993 at Keio University in the Science and Technology Department.  Received award for quality control publication, Nikkei, Quality Control Prize, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, and Quality Technology Prize, Japanese Society for Quality Control.

Select Publications

1. Strategic Policy Management in the Era of TQM: JUSE Press Ltd. (1996)
2. TQM—Total “Quality” Management in the 21st Century (co-author): JUSE Press Ltd. (1998)
3. Strategic management by policy in total quality control: Journal of Strategic Change <17>, [5] 277-287(1998)
4. Self-evaluation model for TQM activity: The Asian Journal on Quality Change.<1>, [1] 75-80(2000)
5. Self-evaluation of Management System Led Corporate Reform: Japan Standards Association (2001)
6. Best Practice Companies: JUSE Press Ltd. (2003)

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Koji Tanabe　（Link to my personal HP）

Fields

Innovation strategy, industry/government/academia collaboration, leadership theory

Lecture

CEO Seminar, MOT Practice Seminar, Technology and Industry- Government –University Relations

Main research themes

Innovation strategies arising from industry, government and academia collaboration, MOT for managers, management of innovations in business models, etc.

Main activities

Currently, works with The Japan Society for Science Policy and Research (Director of editing, business affairs board member), Business Model Association (Director), The Society of Project Management (Trustee), Member of Hiroshima University Management Council, Shimane Kenmin Fund Manager,  J-Content Co., Ltd., Director, Waseda University Asia IT Strategy Lab, guest professor, etc.

Background

Tokyo University, Sciences Department, 1975, Bachelors; in 2003, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Graduate School of Decision Science Technology, completed PhD program, doctorate (academic).   From 1975 to 2003, engaged in making innovation policies, economic analysis, community development through collaboration between government, industry and academia and Asia IT cooperation at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Founded the Shimane Kenmin Fund and J-Content in 2004.  Professor (Director) in the Graduate School of Innovation Management at the Tokyo Institute of Technology since April 2005 and director of the graduate program in the management of technology at the same school from January of 2006.

Select Publications

1. Evidentiary Analysis of the Adaptability of Industrial Technology Policies to Environmental Changes over Time (Dissertation, 2003)
2. K. Tanabe and C. Watanabe, " Soft Policy Instruments for Inducing Industrial Innovation in a Service-oriented Economy: A Comparative Analysis of the Vision System and University System, " Journal of Services Research 5, No.1 (2005) 123-154.
3. How to be a Global Citizen in the Age of Networks—Move of 21st Century Information Society: co-author, Chuokeizai-sha, Inc. (1998)
4. Richard K. Lester, The Productive Edge, team translator, Seisansei Publishing (2000)

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Kumiko Miyazaki　（Link to my personal HP）

Lecture

Strategic Management of Technology, Strategies & Systems of Innovation

Main research themes

Technology management strategies in high-tech companies, innovation systems in the IT industry, accumulation of competitiveness in technology, R&D management

Main activities

Making recommendations about technology policies and technology strategy as a special committee member of Council for Science and Technology Policy; a committee member on Industrial Structure Council, Aircraft Committee; NHK Broadcast Technology Committee; Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Independent administration evaluation committee; and the Technology Scholarship Committee.

Background

Oxford University (Materials Sciences), Bachelors; Cambridge University, Masters; INSEAD (The Institut Europeen d'Administration des Affaires), MBA; University of Sussex (Science and Technology Policy Research, SPRU), PhD.  Worked for over 10 years Logica in England, Bell Northern Research in Canada, Schlumberger, and NEC.  From 1995, associate professor in the Industrial Engineering & Management Department at Tokyo Institute of Technology. Since 2001, professor in Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Select Publications

1. Published treatise in journals (such as Research Policy, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, Research Technology Design, Technovation, Industrial and Corporate Change and Technology Forecasting and Social Change).
2. Books: Building Competences in the Firm, Lessons from Japanese and European Optoelectronics, Macmillan (1995) (co-authors, Miyazaki & 2 others) The Economics of Technology JUSE Press, Ltd. 1998

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Shuzo Fujimura　（Link to my personal HP）

Lecture

Innovation Management, R&D Strategy

Main research themes

Innovation theory (related to science, technology and industry), the relationship between the social awareness of an engineer and innovation systems, innovation systems in key high-tech industries (semiconductors, fuel cells, solar batteries, organic electroluminescence, fullerene and carbon nanotubes, etc.).

Main activities

2003 to 2004, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, chairman of the MOT Promotion Knowledge Platform working group committee.  At present, executive committee member of the MOT Consortium.  Serving as a member of the committee for developing nanotech MOT teaching materials.

Background

Chiba University, Faculty of Science, Physics, Bachelors; Chiba University, Graduate School of Advanced Integration Science, PhD (Engineering); From 1978 to 1998, Fujitsu (Co., Ltd.), engaged in research and development of semiconductor processing at Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., specifically plasma processing and surface processing. During that time, also acted as a part-time lecturer in the Science Department at Chiba University and at the Musashi Institute of Technology.  After leaving Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. in 1998, registered the company JLM Technology Group in the United States.  In 1999 changed the name of JLM Technology Group to Anneal Corporation and registered it as a limited company in California.   Since 2002, guest professor at the Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University, endowed by Hiroshi Fujiwara Venture Finance.  In charge of Finance Theory and Technology/Innovation workshops for the MBA course at the Graduate School of Commerce and Management at Hitotsubashi University. Recognition for notable inventions, Science and Technology Agency (1997) and Business & Technology Book Award, Nikkei BP (2001).

Select Publications

1. Thinking about MOT—Hitotsubashi Business Review, 2004 Spr. Vol. 51, No. 4, pp.4-9, Toyo Keizai, 2004
2. The Structure of Technology and Innovation—Product Development Models based on  Science and Technology, Renaissance Project Discussion Paper Series, #04-01; (Jan. 2004)
3. Knowledge and Creativity in Research and Development: Hitotsubashi Business Review, Aut. 2002, Volume 50, No. 2, pp.46-58, Toyo Keizai, 2002
4. Semiconductors Made in Japan Again, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Ltd., 2000

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Tomoko Saiki　（Link to my personal HP）

Lecture

Intellectual Property of Life Science and International System, Practice for Intellectual Property Protection, Intellectual Property Law

Main research themes

Strategic Management of Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property for Life Science, Management of Intellectual Property Information etc.

Main activities

Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Support Program for Contemporary Education Needs Selection Committee, 2nd Division Member, Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers, Intellectual Property Committee, 1st Special Committee Member, Member of the Engineering Academy of Japan.

Background

In 1972, completed the masters program in the Department of Pharmaceuticals at Osaka University,  MA (Pharmacy); worked as an examiner and director at JPO, as a patent attorney and as the general manager of intellectual property department at FANCL corporation; since 2002, professor in the Industrial Engineering & Management Department at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (human resource development unit).  Belongs to the Intellectual Property Association of Japan (IPAJ), the Japan Society for Society Policy and Research Management, Japan MOT Society and Japan Society of Information and Knowledge.

Select Publications

1. Third revised, Responding to a Notification of Reasons for Rejection of a Patent Application:  Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry, 2006.
2. Protecting Intellectual Property and Risk Management: Fragrance Journal, <30>[11]35-39(2002)
3. Description Requirements in the Biotechnology Field, From the Process for Judging Cases in Japan, America and Europe: AIPPI, <49> [1] 36-43, 2004
4. Intellectual Property—Foundations and Practice: Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., 2004 (Co-authors: Naoki Kyomoto and Yoshitoshi Tanaka)
5. Putting the Acquisition and Management of Intellectual Property to Good Use in Management Strategy: Funtaitokogyo, <37>[7]61-70 (2005)
6. A new dimension of potential resources in innovation: A wider scope of patent claims can lead to new functionality development : Technovation 26(7), 796-806 (2006) (coauthor: Y. Akano, C. Watanabe and Y. Tou)

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Yoshitoshi Tanaka　（Link to my personal HP）

Research Field

The role of intellectual property in business management and research relating to international intellectual property.

Lecture

Competency Development, Intellectual Property Activities for Corporate Management

Main research themes

Integration between intellectual property activities and management goals, investigation into the causes of dormant patents and intellectual property management, points to be careful of in intellectual property activities when advancing into overseas markets.

Main activities

• Chairman of an investigative committee formed in response to differences in the patents systems of Japan and various countries of Asia, a problem found while promoting collaboration internationally between business, government and academia.
• Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, Intellectual property management consultant, personnel development executive committee member
• Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, Member of a committee that investigates foreign industrial intellectual property systems.
• Member of the Japan Society of Kansei Engineering
• Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation, Member of a committee that selects IP cultural instructors
• Kanto Bureau of Economy, Trade and Industry, Lecturer for seminars on industrial property rights
• Asia-Pacific Industrial Property Center, Lecturer
• Intellectual Property Association of Japan, Member
• The Japan Society for Science Policy and Research, Member
• Japan Patent Attorneys Association (Registered patent attorney, registered for  specific infringement litigation proxy work)
• Chairman of a committee that investigates the effectiveness of policies related to European, American, etc., countermeasures against counterfeit goods.

Background

Completed the master's program in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Master of Engineering.  Worked at the JPO, the Science and Technology Agency, UCLA and Nihon TetraPak KK; from 2002, associate professor in the Industrial Engineering & Management Department at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.  Since April of 2005, associate professor in the Graduate School of Innovation Management at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Select Publications

1. How to approach to upgrade the Value of Intellectual Property Rights! : Tokugikon [217]30-37 (2001)
2. Vietnam Intellectual Property Conditions: Streamlining Systems and Rapid Development of the Country as a Whole, IP Management Review (2003)
3. Introduction to Examples of Countermeasures against Pirated Goods in China and a Proposal toward Market Acquisition, IP Management Review (2003)
4. Strengthening Business and Using Intellectual Property for Growth, Japan Intellectual Property Association (2004)
5. Book: Intellectual Property—Foundations and Practice, Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd., (2004) (co-authors: Naoki Kyomoto, Tomoko Saiki)
6. Translation: Essentials of Patents, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (2005) (co-translator: Kiyoshi Kuzuwa)
7. Book: Building an Intellectual Property Department that Cooperates with Corporate Management, Japan Institute of Invention and Innovation (2006) (co-author, Satoru Yonekawa, et al.)

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Kunihiko Higa　（Link to my personal HP）

Research Field

Telework, e-commerce, ICT tools, ICT strategy, etc.

Lecture

Business Models in the Net Society, Information and Communication Technology for Organizational Strategy

Main research themes

Teleworking as an organizational strategy, sustainable regional social models, models for evaluating and analyzing E-commerce, support systems for communicating and sharing information in a decentralized environment, etc.

Main activities

• Kochi Prefecture Outsourcing Review Committee, Chair (Sponsored by the Kochi Prefectural Office)
• Telework Promotion Forum, Vice President / Diffusion Committee Chair ( supported by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (joint sponsor), Ministry of the Environment).
• Japan Telework Society, Executive Secretary
• Japan Telework Association, Advisor

Background

Completed doctorate program at the University of Arizona in the Management Information Systems Department; in 1988 doctorate (academic).  Worked as an associate professor in the Industrial Engineering & Management Department at the Tokyo Institute of Technology; since 1999, professor at the Center for Research in Advanced Financial Technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. From April 2005, professor in the Graduate School of Innovation Management at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Select Publications

1. Evolving an Organization via Electronic Conference: Fujitsu Books, (1997)
2. Telecom Technology 3 : Fujitsu Books, (1998)
3. Models for Reforming Self-governing Bodies by Using Telework, Journal of Japan Telework Society , Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 61-64 (2004)
4. A Study on the Factors for Performance of Teleworkers, The Japan Society for Management Information Journal (JASMIN Journal), Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 69-87 (2004)  (Recipient of The Japan Society for Management Information Treatise Prize)

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Syoiti Ninomiya　（Link to my personal HP）

Research Field

Finance, Probability Theory, Numeric Operation

Lecture

Financial Engineering, Applied Finance

Main research themes

Mathematic finance, probability differential equations, uniform distribution theory

Main activities

Collaborative research with private industry (Mizuho DL Financial Technology)
Held a symposium at the Center for Research in Advanced Financial Technology

Background

University of Tokyo, School of Science, Department of Mathematical Science, Bachelors; University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Mathematical Science, PhD (Mathematical Science).  From 1992, conducted research into uniform distribution theory, multiple integration theory and mathematical finance at the IBM Tokyo Research Laboratory.  Since 1999, associate professor at the Center for Research in Advanced Financial Technology at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.

Select Publications

1. Toward real-time pricing of complex financial derivatives : Applied Mathematical Finance. <3>1--20(1996)
2. On the discrepancy of the beta-adic van der Corput sequences : Journal of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo. <5>345--366(1998)
3. Symbolical and geometrical characterizations of Kronecker sequences by using the accelerated Brun algorithm : Journal of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo. <7>163--193(2000)

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Wakaha Ogata　（Link to my personal HP）

Research Field

Information security, information management, encrypting technologies, etc.

Lecture

Security Management, Seminar in Research Literacy

Main research themes

Electronic voting systems, including on-line voting, fair web viewing hit measurement systems used for calculating internet advertising rates, etc.

Main activities

Japan Society of Security Management, Member; The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Member; Computer System Security Period Research Society, Special Committee Member; Lecturing at Tokyo Tech and other universities on information security and encryption technology.

Background

Completed the doctorate program in department of Electric and Electronic Engineering in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, PhD (Engineering). Conducted research into computer network systems while an assistant at Himeji Institute of Technology (University of Hyogo) and have been conducting research into information security while an associate professor at the Graduate School of Science and Engineering at Tokyo Institute of Technology.  Since April 2005, an associate professor in the Graduate School of Innovation Management at same.

Select Publications

1. Bounds for Robust Metering Schemes and Their Relationship with A^2-code, Proc. of Asiacrypt 2002, LNCS Vol. 2501, pp.64--80 (2002)
2. New Combinatorial Designs and their Applications to Authentication Codes and Secret Sharing Schemes, Discrete Mathematics, Vol.279/1-3 pp.383-405 (2004)
3. Oblivious Keyword Search, Journal of Complexity, Vol. 20, pp.356-371 (2004)

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Yumiharu Nakano　（Link to my personal HP）

Research Field

Mathematical Finance, Probability Theory

Lecture

Corporate Finance, Financial Risk Management

Select Publications

1. K. Fukuda, A. Inoue, and Y. Nakano, Dynamic risk diversification and insurance premium principles.
2. K. Fukuda, A. Inoue, and Y. Nakano, Optimal intertemporal risk allocation applied to insurance pricing.
3. A. Inoue and Y. Nakano, Remark on optimal investment in a market with memory, Theory of Stochastic Processes, 13 (2007), 66--76.
4. A. Inoue, Y. Nakano, Optimal long term investment model with memory, Appl. Math. Optim., 55 (2007), 93--122.
5. A. Inoue, Y. Nakano and V. Anh, Binary market models with memory, Statist. Probab. Lett., 77 (2007), 256--264.
6. Y. Nakano, Mean-risk optimization for index tracking, Statist. Decisions, 24 (2006), 189--207.
7. A. Inoue, Y. Nakano and V. Anh, Linear filtering of systems with memory and application to finance, J. Appl. Math. Stochastic Anal., (2006), Art. ID 53104, 26pp.
8. Y. Nakano, Minimization of shortfall risk in a jump-diffusion model, Statist. Probab. Lett., 67 (2004), 87--95.
9. Y. Nakano, Efficient hedging with coherent risk measure, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 293 (2004), 345--354.
10. Y. Nakano, Minimizing coherent risk measures of shortfall in discrete-time models under cone constraints, Appl. Math. Finance, 10 (2003), 163--181.