Expertise
Economic and managerial research analyses of semiconductor industries (devices, tools, and materials) (e.g., economic and historical analysis of International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS), analysis of innovation processes of spherical aberration correction in electron microscopes, analysis of ups and downs in DRAM business, innocation processes in system packaging technologies)
Research Projects
Education
1984.6 Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
1975.3 Bachelor in Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1975.3 Bachelor in Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Experience
2000-present Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
1999-present Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2004-2007 Affiliated Senior Fellow, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2000-2001 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University
1993-1999 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1992-1993 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1986-1987 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Yale University
1985-1992 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1984-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
1975-1978 Taisei Corporation
1999-present Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2004-2007 Affiliated Senior Fellow, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2000-2001 Visiting Professor, Department of Economics, Yale University
1993-1999 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1992-1993 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1986-1987 Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Yale University
1985-1992 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Metropolitan University
1984-1985 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
1975-1978 Taisei Corporation
Selected Publications and Papers
"Implications of 'The Innovation Process Sruvery in the Science-based Industries'," Journal of IEICE, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Vol. 91 No. 9 pp. 798-803 (in Japanese), 2008
"Implication of Innovation Process Survey for Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)," Oyo Butsuri (A Monthly Publication of JSAP), Vol.77 No.7 pp.787-793 (in Japanese), 2008
"Moore's Law, Increasing Complexity and Limits of Organization: The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers' DRAM Business," co-authored with Norikazu Hashimoto, RIETI Discussion Paper 08-E-001, 2008
"Does the Production-information System Introduce the Increase of Non-standard Employment?," co-authored with Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitotsubashi Business Review Vol.55 No.3 pp.66-83 (in Japanese), 2007
"Active Introduction of Production-contracted Workers and the Manufacturing Performance: Quality, Costs, Production Leadtime, and Inventories," Hitotsubashi Review of Commerce and Management Vol.2 No.2 pp.19-34 (in Japanese), 2007
"Innovation Survey on Science-based Industry I: Research Report of the Questionnaire Survey at the Japan Society of Applied Physics", NISTEP Report No. 145 (in Japanese), National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), 2007
"Innovation Survey on Science-based Industry II: Research Report of the Questionnaire Survey at the Electronics Society of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers," NISTEP Report No. 146 (in Japanese)
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), 2007
"Why Did Japanese Chipmakers Fail in their DRAM Business?: Verification of Root Causes (2)," co-authored with :Norikazu Hashimoto, Nikkei Microdevices pp. 43-50 (in Japanese)
More (Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research)
"Implication of Innovation Process Survey for Japan Society of Applied Physics (JSAP)," Oyo Butsuri (A Monthly Publication of JSAP), Vol.77 No.7 pp.787-793 (in Japanese), 2008
"Moore's Law, Increasing Complexity and Limits of Organization: The Modern Significance of Japanese Chipmakers' DRAM Business," co-authored with Norikazu Hashimoto, RIETI Discussion Paper 08-E-001, 2008
"Does the Production-information System Introduce the Increase of Non-standard Employment?," co-authored with Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitotsubashi Business Review Vol.55 No.3 pp.66-83 (in Japanese), 2007
"Active Introduction of Production-contracted Workers and the Manufacturing Performance: Quality, Costs, Production Leadtime, and Inventories," Hitotsubashi Review of Commerce and Management Vol.2 No.2 pp.19-34 (in Japanese), 2007
"Innovation Survey on Science-based Industry I: Research Report of the Questionnaire Survey at the Japan Society of Applied Physics", NISTEP Report No. 145 (in Japanese), National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), 2007
"Innovation Survey on Science-based Industry II: Research Report of the Questionnaire Survey at the Electronics Society of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers," NISTEP Report No. 146 (in Japanese)
National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), 2007
"Why Did Japanese Chipmakers Fail in their DRAM Business?: Verification of Root Causes (2)," co-authored with :Norikazu Hashimoto, Nikkei Microdevices pp. 43-50 (in Japanese)
More (Hitotsubashi University Institute of Innovation Research)

