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Technological Entrepreneurship in Innovations for Emergence of New Industries

For those interested in the AME seminar:"Technological Entrepreneurship in Innovations for Emergence of New Industries" Shuichi Ishida, Ph.D., Professor of Innovation and Social Systems Research, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, JapanABSTRACT: Innovation in industry is a process that involves an enormous amount of uncertainty, human creativity, and opportunity. Over the years, scholars have studied patterns of successful industrial innovation, but the identification of patterns does not suggest that successful innovation is entirely predictable. This research attempts to develop a practical and theoretical model of industrial innovation. Further research on the dynamics of innovation was required to development a concrete operational model to account for the role of key persons who are able to bridge over product innovation and process innovation differences. He examined the method for evaluating the strategy of firms which technology is positioned between the fluid and transitional phase of Abernathy-Utterback Model and in particular, discussed the efforts of core human resources who play a key role in the technological strategies, as well as how they are utilized. He expected to find that the strategic allocation of key individuals-multi performers would emphasize company-wide technological strategies. His research target is to address a number of epoch making product developments such as Electric Vehicle, Li-ion Battery, Fuel Cell, stuff like that, and to provide a framework for thinking about the important issues of technological entrepreneurship. Issues addressed in his future research include the following:* The role of key individuals in industrial innovation* The relationship between regional agglomeration process and technological entrepreneurship by key individuals who plays an important role of innovation and knowledge-based network creation* How 'rising' new industry firms can successfully renew their SCM as one generation of technology succeeds another (for example, EV, fuel cell, etc.). In case, who plays an important role of technological entrepreneurship?BIO: Dr. Shuichi Ishida is a Professor of Innovation and Social Systems Research at Ritsumeikan University (Rits MOT), KYOTO, JAPAN. He received his Ph.D. in the field of R&D management from Hokkaido University (2000) and in the field of Social System Engineering from Kyoto University (2008). He has done research on R&D organization, knowledge-based networking, construction project management and industrial agglomeration development, along with theoretical modeling, 'action research' at several companies with specific core technologies, and some governmental projects. Prior to joining Rits MOT faculty in 2004, he developed some frontier devices of Li-ion Battery as an engineer at Sony after finishing his masters of Nuclear Engineering at Research Laboratory for Nuclear Reactors in Tokyo Institute of Technology. And next, he worked as a research fellow at the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS) and an associate professor of product development at Hokkai-Gakuen University, Sapporo, JAPAN.Laufer Library, RRB 208, 1:30pm - 2:30pm, Thursday, September 17, 2009

Location: Laufer Library, RRB 208

Audiences: Everyone Is Invited

Contact: Georgia Lum