GOTO Akira
Faculty Fellow
(until February 18, 2007)
Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Expertise
Economics of innovation and economics of competition policy, including national innovation systems, intellectual property rights, university-industry cooperation, nexus of innovation and competition policy.
Education
1993 Ph.D., Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1968 B.A., Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1968 B.A., Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Experience
2004 - present - Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo
2001 - 2004 Professor, (Director 2003-2004) Research Center for Advanced Economic Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2001 Senior Consultant, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
1997 - 2001 Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2000 Senior Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
1999 Visiting Professor, Australian National University
1995 - 1997 Director of Research, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Science and Technology Agency
1990 - 1991 Visiting Scholar, Yale University
1989 - 2001 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1982 - 1989 Professor, Department of Economics, Seikei University
1978 - 1980 Visiting Scholar, Yale University
1976 - 1982 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Seikei University
1973 - 1976 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Seikei University
2001 - 2004 Professor, (Director 2003-2004) Research Center for Advanced Economic Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2001 Senior Consultant, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
1997 - 2001 Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
2000 Senior Fellow, St Antony's College, University of Oxford
1999 Visiting Professor, Australian National University
1995 - 1997 Director of Research, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), Science and Technology Agency
1990 - 1991 Visiting Scholar, Yale University
1989 - 2001 Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
1982 - 1989 Professor, Department of Economics, Seikei University
1978 - 1980 Visiting Scholar, Yale University
1976 - 1982 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Seikei University
1973 - 1976 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Seikei University
Selected Publications and Papers
Books
Japan's National Innovation System: Rebuilding the Engine of Growth (in Japanese), University of Tokyo Press, 2006 (ed. with T. Kodama).
Innovation in Japan, Oxford University Press, 1997 (ed. with H. Odagiri).
Competition Policy in a Global Economy, Routledge, 1996 (ed. with W. Comanor and L. Waverman).
Technology and Industrial Development in Japan, Oxford University Press, 1996 (with H. Odagiri).
Nihon no gijutsu kakushin to sangyo soshiki [Innovation and Industrial Organization in Japan], Tokyo University Press, 1993.
Articles and Chapters
"Analysis of Propensity to Patent and Science-Dependence of Large Japanese Manufacturers of Electrical Machinery," Scientometrics, Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 265-288, July 2006 (with Jun Suzuki, Kiminori Gemba, Schumpeter Tamada, Yoshihito Yasaki).
"The Role of Corporate Scientists in Innovation," Research Policy, Vol.35, 2005, pp. 22-36 (with R. Furukawa).
"R&D Spillovers, Patents and the Incentives to Innovate in Japan and the United States," Research Policy, Vol.31, 2002, pp. 1349-1367 (with W. Cohen, A. Nagata, R. Nelson, J. Walsh).
"Industry-science Relationships in Japan" in OECD (ed.) Benchmarking Industry-Science Relationships, OECD 2002 (with R. Shimoda).
"Do Foreign Companies Conduct R&D in Developing Countries?: A New Approach to Analyzing the Level of R&D, with an Analysis of Singapore," ADB Institute Working Paper 14, Asian Development Bank Institute, March 2001 (with Alice H. Amsden and Ted Tschang).
"Japan's National Innovation System: Current Status and Problems," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Summer 2000, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 103-113.
"Small Open Economies in an Increasingly Connected World," International Social Science Journal, No. 160, June 1999, pp. 195-201, (with Brendan Barker).
"Vertical Restraints and Market Access," Empirica, No. 24, 1997, pp. 21-36 (with Sadao Nagaoka).
"Co-operative Research in Japanese Manufacturing Industries," in Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri, eds., Innovation in Japan, 1997, Oxford University Press, pp. 256-274.
"Appropriability and Technological Opportunity in Innovation," NISTEP Report, No. 48, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, 1997 (with Akiya Nagata).
"Keiretsu," in L. Waverman, W.S. Comanor and A. Goto, eds., Competition Policy in the Global Economy, Routledge, 1996 (with K. Suzumura).
"Collaborative R&D and Competition Policy," in L. Waverman, W.S. Comanor and A. Goto, eds., Competition Policy in the Global Economy, Routledge, 1996 (with K. Suzumura).
"The Japanese System of Innovation: Past, Present and Future," in R. Nelson, ed., National System of Innovation, Oxford University Press, 1993 (with H. Odagiri).
"Technology Importation: Japan's Postwar Experience," in J. Teranishi and Y. Kowai, eds., The Japanese Experience of Economic Reforms, St. Martin's Press, 1993.
"R&D Capital, Rate of Return on R&D Investment and Spillover of R&D in Japanese Manufacturing Industries," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 71, No. 4, November 1989, pp. 555-564 (with Kazuyuki Suzuki).
"Japan: A Sunset Industry," in Merton J. Peck, ed., The World Aluminium Industry in an Era of Changing Energy Prices, John Hopkins University Press, 1988.
"Picking Losers: Public Policy Toward Declining Industries in Japan," Journal of Japanese Studies, 1987, pp. 79-123 with M.J. Peck and R.C. Levin). (included in J. Shoven, ed., Government Policy towards Industry in the United States and Japan, Cambridge University Press, 1988).
"Business Groups in a Market Economy," European Economic Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, September 1982, pp. 53-70.
"Technology and Economic Growth: The Case of Japan," Research Policy, 10, 1981, pp. 222-243 (with M.J. Peck). (included in Tushman and Moore, eds., Readings in the Management of Innovation, Pitman, 1982).
"Statistical Evidence on the Diversification of Japanese Large Firms," Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 14, March 1981, pp. 271-278.
Book Review
"The Market and the Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology Development in the Japanese System," Martin Fransman, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1992, pp. 2180-2181.
"How Japan Innovates: A Comparison with the U.S. in the Case of Oxygen Steelmaking" Leonard H. Lynn, Technology and Culture, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1982, pp. 700-701.
Japan's National Innovation System: Rebuilding the Engine of Growth (in Japanese), University of Tokyo Press, 2006 (ed. with T. Kodama).
Innovation in Japan, Oxford University Press, 1997 (ed. with H. Odagiri).
Competition Policy in a Global Economy, Routledge, 1996 (ed. with W. Comanor and L. Waverman).
Technology and Industrial Development in Japan, Oxford University Press, 1996 (with H. Odagiri).
Nihon no gijutsu kakushin to sangyo soshiki [Innovation and Industrial Organization in Japan], Tokyo University Press, 1993.
Articles and Chapters
"Analysis of Propensity to Patent and Science-Dependence of Large Japanese Manufacturers of Electrical Machinery," Scientometrics, Vol. 68, No. 2, pp. 265-288, July 2006 (with Jun Suzuki, Kiminori Gemba, Schumpeter Tamada, Yoshihito Yasaki).
"The Role of Corporate Scientists in Innovation," Research Policy, Vol.35, 2005, pp. 22-36 (with R. Furukawa).
"R&D Spillovers, Patents and the Incentives to Innovate in Japan and the United States," Research Policy, Vol.31, 2002, pp. 1349-1367 (with W. Cohen, A. Nagata, R. Nelson, J. Walsh).
"Industry-science Relationships in Japan" in OECD (ed.) Benchmarking Industry-Science Relationships, OECD 2002 (with R. Shimoda).
"Do Foreign Companies Conduct R&D in Developing Countries?: A New Approach to Analyzing the Level of R&D, with an Analysis of Singapore," ADB Institute Working Paper 14, Asian Development Bank Institute, March 2001 (with Alice H. Amsden and Ted Tschang).
"Japan's National Innovation System: Current Status and Problems," Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Summer 2000, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 103-113.
"Small Open Economies in an Increasingly Connected World," International Social Science Journal, No. 160, June 1999, pp. 195-201, (with Brendan Barker).
"Vertical Restraints and Market Access," Empirica, No. 24, 1997, pp. 21-36 (with Sadao Nagaoka).
"Co-operative Research in Japanese Manufacturing Industries," in Akira Goto and Hiroyuki Odagiri, eds., Innovation in Japan, 1997, Oxford University Press, pp. 256-274.
"Appropriability and Technological Opportunity in Innovation," NISTEP Report, No. 48, National Institute of Science and Technology Policy, 1997 (with Akiya Nagata).
"Keiretsu," in L. Waverman, W.S. Comanor and A. Goto, eds., Competition Policy in the Global Economy, Routledge, 1996 (with K. Suzumura).
"Collaborative R&D and Competition Policy," in L. Waverman, W.S. Comanor and A. Goto, eds., Competition Policy in the Global Economy, Routledge, 1996 (with K. Suzumura).
"The Japanese System of Innovation: Past, Present and Future," in R. Nelson, ed., National System of Innovation, Oxford University Press, 1993 (with H. Odagiri).
"Technology Importation: Japan's Postwar Experience," in J. Teranishi and Y. Kowai, eds., The Japanese Experience of Economic Reforms, St. Martin's Press, 1993.
"R&D Capital, Rate of Return on R&D Investment and Spillover of R&D in Japanese Manufacturing Industries," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 71, No. 4, November 1989, pp. 555-564 (with Kazuyuki Suzuki).
"Japan: A Sunset Industry," in Merton J. Peck, ed., The World Aluminium Industry in an Era of Changing Energy Prices, John Hopkins University Press, 1988.
"Picking Losers: Public Policy Toward Declining Industries in Japan," Journal of Japanese Studies, 1987, pp. 79-123 with M.J. Peck and R.C. Levin). (included in J. Shoven, ed., Government Policy towards Industry in the United States and Japan, Cambridge University Press, 1988).
"Business Groups in a Market Economy," European Economic Review, Vol. 19, No. 1, September 1982, pp. 53-70.
"Technology and Economic Growth: The Case of Japan," Research Policy, 10, 1981, pp. 222-243 (with M.J. Peck). (included in Tushman and Moore, eds., Readings in the Management of Innovation, Pitman, 1982).
"Statistical Evidence on the Diversification of Japanese Large Firms," Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 14, March 1981, pp. 271-278.
Book Review
"The Market and the Beyond: Cooperation and Competition in Information Technology Development in the Japanese System," Martin Fransman, Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 30, No. 4, 1992, pp. 2180-2181.
"How Japan Innovates: A Comparison with the U.S. in the Case of Oxygen Steelmaking" Leonard H. Lynn, Technology and Culture, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1982, pp. 700-701.
Others
Member, Industrial Structure Council, Subcommittee on Industrial Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
Chairman, Anti-Monopoly Council, Fair Trade Commission of Japan
2003 - present - Chief Editor, International Journal of Intellectual Property
2001 - present - Associate Editor, Industrial and Corporate Change
1998 - present - Associate Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Economics
1996 - present - Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics
Chairman, Anti-Monopoly Council, Fair Trade Commission of Japan
2003 - present - Chief Editor, International Journal of Intellectual Property
2001 - present - Associate Editor, Industrial and Corporate Change
1998 - present - Associate Editor, Journal of Evolutionary Economics
1996 - present - Associate Editor, Journal of Industrial Economics
