Overview
This research project aims to analyze the relationship between management resource flexibility and innovation. High flexibility in terms of managerial resources is generally thought to promote innovation. In several countries, including Japan, policy measures have been taken to increase the flexibility of management resources. However, there is a lack of empirical understanding related to how increased management resource flexibility affects R&D.
This research project empirically analyses the impact of managerial resource flexibility and its effects on innovation, as well as how firm performance (including mean reversion trends in excess profitability and firm life cycle) affects innovation and its outcomes.
Specifically, the research project will address the following four topics
- (1) Innovations in General Purpose Technologies (GPTs)
- (2) The impact of technological diversity and changes in R&D fields on innovation
- (3) Human capital mobility and innovation
- (4) Mean reversion trends related to excess profitability and firm life cycle and innovation.
February 3, 2025 - July 31, 2027
（During the research project period, the research activity period is set from February 3, 2025, to January 31, 2027, and the data usage reporting period is set from February 1, 2027 to July 31, 2027.）
