Expertise
Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Research Projects
- Management Resource Flexibility and Innovation (February 3, 2025 - July 31, 2027)
Education
- 2008 Ph.D in Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
- 2002 MA in History, Northwestern University, USA
- 1999 MA in Commerce, Hitotsubashi University, JPN
- 1997 BA in Commerce, Chuo University, JPN
Experience
- 2019 Professor, Waseda University
- 2017 Professor, Hitotsubashi University
- 2011 Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University
- 2008 Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi University
- 2007 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Technology Eindhoven
Selected Publications and Papers
Books
- General Purpose Technology, Spin-Out, and Innovation: Technological Development of Laser Diodes in the United States and Japan Springer, 2019
Working Papers
- “SBIR, Startups, and Subsequent Technological Development: Laser diodes in the United States and Japan”, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Discussion papers, 24012
Papers Published in Refereed Journals
- “Reassessing patent propensity: Evidence from a dataset of R&D awards, 1977–2004”, R Fontana, A Nuvolari, H Shimizu, A Vezzulli, Research Policy 42 (10), 1780-1792
- “Management of science, serendipity, and research performance: Evidence from a survey of scientists in Japan and the US” K Murayama, M Nirei, H Shimizu, Research Policy 44 (4), 862-873
- “Schumpeterian patterns of innovation and the sources of breakthrough inventions: evidence from a data-set of R&D awards” R Fontana, A Nuvolari, H Shimizu, A Vezzulli, Journal of Evolutionary Economics 22, 785-810
Others
In 2021, he received the Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society for his book, General Purpose Technology, Spin-Out, and Innovation: Technological Development of Laser Diodes in the United States and Japan
