Expertise
Industrial Economics, Economics of Innovation, Entrepreneurship
Research Projects
- Assessment of Innovation Capability of Japanese Industry from an International Perspective (Part2) (January 20, 2025 - June 30, 2027)
Education
2008 State University of New York at Buffalo, Ph.D.
2002 University of Chicago, Graduate School of Economics, Master
1999 Keio University, Graduate School of Economics, Master
1997 Yokohama City University, Commerce Department, Bachelor
Experience
2022-2024 Hitotsubashi University, School of Business/Institute of Innovation Research, Professor
2018-2022 Hitotsubashi University, School of Business/Institute of Innovation Research, Associate Professor
2015-2018 Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce/Institute of Innovation Research, Associate Professor
2010-2015 Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Economics, Associate Professor
2008-2010 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Post doc
Selected Publications and Papers
- "Product Innovation, Product Diversification and Firm Growth: Evidence from Japan's Early Industrialization" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Tetsuji Okazaki, Chad Syverson), American Economic Review, Vol. 111(12), 2021.
- "Acquisitions, Productivity, and Profitability: Evidence from the Japanese Cotton Spinning Industry" (with Serguey Braguinsky, Tetsuji Okazaki, Chad Syverson), American Economic Review, Vol. 105(7), 2015.
- "Industry or Academia, Basic or Applied? Career Choices and Earnings Trajectories of Scientists" (with Rajshree Agarwal), Management Science, Vol. 59(4), 2013.
