Research Field & Interest

• Field: Technology management; Science, technology, and innovation policy

• Interests: ICT industry; Commercialization of university Research; Standard Essential Patents; East Asia; Database and indicator development for innovation studies

Publication

1) Discussion paper

1. B. Kang & R. Bekkers (2022) The determinants of parallel invention: Measuring the role of information sharing and personal interaction between inventors, IIR Working Paper Series WP#22-06. [Link]

2. B. Kang & K. Motohashi (2020) Local industry influence on commercialization of university research by university startups, RIETI Discussion Paper Series 20-E-086.  [Link]

2) Peer-reviewed article

1. B. Kim & B. Kang (2023) K-pop’s internationalisation in the product adaptation and the upstream music supply chain in Korea, China, Japan, and the West, Asia Pacific Business Review 29(5), 1368-1393. [Link]

2. B. Kang (2021) Innovation processes in public research institutes: AIST, Fraunhofer, and ITRI case-studies, Science, Technology and Society 26(3), 433–458. [Link]

3. B. Kang (2021) Impact of academic patenting on scientific publication quality at the project level, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 29(2), 258–282. [Link]

4. K. Matsumoto, S. Shibayama, B. Kang, & M. Igami (2021) Introducing a novelty indicator for scientific research: Validating the knowledge-based combinatorial approach, Scientometrics 126(8), 6891–6915. [Link]

5. B. Kang & K. Nabeshima (2021) National origin diversity and innovation performance: Case of Japan, Scientometrics 126(6), 5333–5351. [Link]

6. B. Kang & K. Motohashi (2020) Academic contribution to industrial innovation by funding type, Scientometrics 124(1), 169–193. [Link]

7. J. Dang, B. Kang, & K. Ding (2019) International protection of standard essential patents, Technological Forecasting and Social Change 139, 75–86. [Link]

8. K. Nabeshima, M. Kashcheeva, & B. Kang (2018) The impacts of export competition on international technology flows, Applied Economics Letters 25(15), 1058–1061.  [Link]

9. B. Kang, Y. Sato, & Y. Ueki (2018) Mobility of highly skilled retirees from Japan to Korea and Taiwan, Pacific Focus 33(1), 58–82. [Link]

10. K. Nabeshima, B. Kang, & M. Kashcheeva (2016) Descriptive analysis of the knowledge network formation in East Asia, Technology in Society 47, 66–100. [Link]

11. 元橋一之，カン・ビョンウ (2016) 「公的研究機関のイノベーションプラットフォームとしての役割：TIAナノの事例研究」『研究技術計画』31(2), 236–247. [Link]

12. B. Kang & G. Tarasconi (2016) PATSTAT revisited: Suggestions for better usage, World Patent Information 46, 56–63. [Link]

13. B. Kang (2016) What best transfers knowledge? Capital, goods, and labor in East Asia, Economics Letters 139, 69–71. [Link]

14. B. Kang (2015) The innovation process of Huawei and ZTE: Patent data analysis, China Economic Review 36, 378–393. [Link]

15. B. Kang & R. Bekkers (2015) Just-in-time patents and the development of standards, Research Policy 44(10), 1948–1961. [Link]

16. B. Kang & K. Motohashi (2015) Essential intellectual property rights and corporate technology strategy: Manufacturing firms vs. Non-practicing entities, Asian Journal of Technology Innovation 23(1), 53–68. [Link]

17. B. Kang & K. Motohashi (2015) Essential intellectual property rights and inventors’ involvement in standardization, Research Policy 44(2), 483–492. [Link]

18. B. Kang, D. Huo, & K. Motohashi (2014) Comparison of Chinese and Korean companies in ICT global standardization: Essential patent analysis, Telecommunications Policy 38(10), 902–913. [Link]

19. B. Kang & K. Motohashi (2014) The role of essential patents as knowledge input for future R&D, World Patent Information 38, 33–41. [Link]

3) Book/Book chapter

1. 강병우(2022) 통계와 현장에서 보는 일본 대학의 현실. 서울: 박영사.  [Link1] [Link2] 

2. B. Kang (2021) How the COVID-19 pandemic is reshaping the education service, In J. Lee & S.H. Han (Eds.), The Future of Service Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Volume 1: Rapid Adoption of Digital Service Technology, Singapore: Springer, pp. 15–36. [Link]

3. 강병우(2019) 표준특허 분쟁: 삼성 대 애플의 사례, 4차 산업혁명과 표준화: 사례모음. 서울: 박영사, pp. 43–62. [Link]

4) Report

1. R. Bekkers, J. Henkel, E.M. Tur, T. van der Vorst, M. Driesse, B. Kang, A. Martinelli, W. Maas, B. Nijhof, E. Raiteri, & L. Teubner (2020) Pilot Study for Essentiality Assessment of Standard Essential Patents, Thumm, N. editor(s), EUR 30111 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, JRC119894.  [Link]

5) Conference proceeding

1. B. Kang & R. Bekkers (2013) Just-in-time inventions and the development of standards: How firms use opportunistic strategies to obtain standard-essential patents (SEPs), In K. Jacobs, H. de Vries, A. Ganesh, A. Gulacsi, & I.N. Soetert (Eds.), EURAS Proceedings 2013 - Standards: Boosting European Competitiveness, Aachen, Germany: Mainz Wissenschaftsverlag, pp. 231–247.

2. B.-W. Kang, K. Takeda, & F. Adachi (2007) Performance of Single-Carrier Frequency-Domain Adaptive Antenna Array, In Proc. 2007 IEEE 66th Vehicular Technology Conference, Baltimore, USA, 30 Sept.-3 Oct. 2007, pp. 491–495. 

3. B. Kang, O. Nakamura, H. Tomeba, & F. Adachi (2006) Performance comparison of Pre-FFT and Post-FFT OFDM Adaptive Antenna Array, In Proc. 3rd IEEE Asia Pacific Wireless Communications Symposium, Daejeon, Korea, 24–25 Aug. 2006 

6) Non-peer-reviewed article

1. カン・ビョンウ (2020) 「教育制度でのDX」『一橋ビジネスレビュー』68(2), 80–93.

2. カン・ビョンウ (2019) 「freee：起業にいたる転職キャリア形成 」『一橋ビジネスレビュー』66(4), 8–18.

3. 강병우 (2017) "노키아 쇠퇴 전후의 창업지원 프로그램의 비교," 기술과 경영 (2017년10월호), 53–55.

4. カン・ビョンウ (2017) 「標準必須特許の諸問題について：これまでとこれから」『一橋ビジネスレビュー』64(4), 122–129.

Research Grant

1) As the principal investigator

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)–Fostering Joint International Research(A) [Project #: 20KK0296], 04/2021–present

• JSPS–Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientist [Project #: 19K13768] , 04/2019–03/2023  

• JSPS–Grants-in-Aid for Young Scientist (B) [Project #: 15K17138], 04/2015–03/2019 

• Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA), Project grant, 04/2015–03/2016

• Hara Research Foundation, International conference travel grant, 10/2007

2) As a co-investigator, research collaborator, or subcontractor 

• JSPS–Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) [Project #: 20H00074], 04/2020–present

• JSPS–Fostering Joint International Research (B) [Project #: 19KK0035], 10/2019–03/2023   

• European Commission - Joint Research Center [Tender reference #: JRC/SVQ/2018/B.6/0024/OC], 03/2019–04/2020  

• JSPS–Bilateral Joint Research Project, 04/2017–12/2019

Selected List of Patent (granted in US)

• B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus for transmitting data in very high throughput wireless local area network system" (US Patent No.: 10,123,341 and 9,397,707)

• B.H. Kim, B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, H.S. Kim, D.W. Lee "Method for transmitting sounding reference signal in MMO wireless communication system and apparatus therefor" (US Patent No.: 10,090,979)

• B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "PPDU receiving method and apparatus based on the MIMO technique in a WLAN system" (US Patent No.: 9794032)

• Y.H. Seok, B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, D.W. Lee "Method and apparatus for indicating destination stations in WLAN system supporting multi-user multiple input multiple output" (US Patent No.: 9,397,737)

• B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, Y.H. Seok "Method for transmitting sounding signal in wireless communication system" (US Patent No.: 9,363,774)

• B.W. Kang, I.S. Sohn, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus of link adaptation in wireless local area network" (US Patent No.: 9,807,817 and 9,350,428)

• B.W. Kang, D.W. Roh, D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, D.Y. Seo "Method and apparatus for uplink multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission" (US Patent No.: 9,287,942)

• D. Roh, D. Lee, B. Kim, Y. Noh, B. Kang "Method of resource block (RB) bundling" (US Patent No.: 9,629,167, and 9,236,987)

• D.W. Lee, B.W. Kang, Y.H. Seok, D.W. Roh "Method and apparatus of link adaptation in a wireless local area network system" (US Patent No.: 10,172,030 and 9,236,925)

• I.S. Sohn, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method for transmitting and receiving packet for multi user in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same" (US Patent No.: 9,215,571)

• B.H. Kim, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, D.W. Roh, D.Y. Seo "Method of retransmission for supporting MIMO in synchronous HARQ" (US Patent No.: 9,209,940)

• B.W. Kang, J.K. Ahn, D.Y. Seo, J. H. Lee, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, S.C. Yang, B.H. Kim, D.W. Lee "Method for indicating precoding matrix indicator in uplink MIMO system with based on SC-FDMA" (US Patent No.: 9,178,595)

• Y.J. Noh, D.W. Roh, B.W. Kang, B.H. Kim, D.W. Lee "Uplink signal transmission and reception using optimized rank 3 codebook" (US Patent No.: 9,596,015, 9,294,175, 9,154,343, and 9,007,885)

• I.S. Sohn, Y.H. Seok, J.H. Park, D.W. Lee, B.W. Kang "Channel sounding method in wireless local area network system and apparatus for supporting the same" (US Patent No.: 9,350,434 and 9,107,242)

• D.W. Roh, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus for transceiving a data frame in a wireless LAN system" (US Patent No.: 9,807,759 and 9,078,251)

• D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, B.W. Kang, Y.H. Seok "Method for transmitting control information and apparatus for the same" (US Patent No.: 9,876,882, 9,559,887, and 9,071,491)

• B.W. Kang, D.W. Roh, Y.H. Seok, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, D.W. Lee "Method and apparatus of transmitting training signal in wireless local area network system" (US Patent No.: 10,530,543, 9,716,574, and 9,042,484)

• E.S. Kim, Y.H. Seok, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee "Channel access method and apparatus in wireless local area network system" (US Patent No.: 9,025,544)

• Y.J. Noh, D.W. Roh, J.K. Ahn, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, B.H. Kim, E.S. Kim "Method and apparatus for transmitting a downlink reference signal in a wireless communication system supporting multiple antennas" (US Patent No.: 8,953,642)

• Y.J. Noh, K.J. Kim, D.W. Roh, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, B.H. Kim, D.Y. Seo "Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink signals using multi-antenna" (US Patent No.: 10,236,957, 9,755,718 and 9,001,802).

• B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method for power saving in wireless local area network and apparatus for the same" (US Patent No.: 9,655,051, 9,439,149, 9,173,169, 8,953,510, 8,718,713, and 8,634,336)

• D.W. Lee, D.W. Roh, B.W. Kang, Y.H. Seok, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim "Method and apparatus for transmitting PLCP frame in wireless local area network system" (US Patent No.: 10,616,021, 10,142,149, 9,876,662, 8,937,933 and 8,681,757)

• Y.J. Noh, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus for transmitting data frame in WLAN system" (US Patent No.: 10,334,595, 9,271,191, 8,937,922, 8,923,266, and 8,699,442)

• B.H. Kim, B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, H.S. Kim, D.W. Lee "Method for transmitting sounding reference signal in MIMO wireless communication system and apparatus therefor" (US Patent No.: 8,971,166, 8,913,684 and 8,824,584)

• Y.J. Noh, D.W. Roh, J.K. Ahn, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, B.H. Kim, D.Y. Seo "Method for transmitting reference signals in a downlink multiple input multiple output system" (US Patent No.: 9,954,593, 9,276,692, 8,913,581, and 8,619,693)

• B.H. Kim, D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, B.W. Kang, D.Y. Seo, D.W. Roh "Method of allocating resources for transmitting uplink signal in MIMO wireless communication system and apparatus thereof" (US Patent No.: 9,544,033, 9,295,035, 8,913,477, and 8,699,314)

• D.W. Lee, B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus for transceiving a MIMO packet in a wireless LAN system" (US Patent No.: 9,634,794, and 8,879,490)

• D.W. Lee, B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus for transmitting a frame in a wireless ran system" (US Patent No.: 9,876,661, 9,516,642, 9,237,048, 8,861,441, and 8,848,680)

• B.H. Kim, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, K.J. Kim, J.K. Ahn "Method for controlling transmission power in a multi-antenna wireless control system" (US Patent No.: 8,812,045)

• I.S. Sohn, Y.H. Seok, K.Y. Song, D.W. Lee, B.W. Kang "Method for reporting channel information based on link adaptation in wireless local area network and the apparatus for the same" (US Patent No.: 9,520,964, 9,258,799, 9,236,925, and 8,787,341)

• Y.J. Noh, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, Y.H. Seok "Method and apparatus for transmitting frame in WLAN system" (US Patent No.: 9,144,099 and 8,787,284)

• Y.J. Noh, D.W. Lee, B.W. Kang, B.H. Kim, Y.H. Seok “Method and apparatus for allocating transmission channel in wireless local area network system,” (US Patent No.: 10,405,301, 9,860,877, 9,031,051 and 8,625,562)

• B. Kim, D.W. Roh, B. Kang, D. Lee, Y. Noh, K. Kim, J. Ahn “Method whereby a channel quality indicator is fed back by a terminal in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system, and a device therefore,” (US Patent No.: 8,634,319)

• D.W. Lee, D.W. Roh, B.W. Kang, Y.H. Seok, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim “Method and apparatus for transmitting control information in WLAN system,” (US Patent No.: 9,398,570, 9,065,502, 9,042,331, and 8,675,597)

• B. Kim, B. Kang, Y. Noh, D. Roh, D. Lee “Method for receiving downlink signal in multi-antenna wireless communication system and device therefore,” (US Patent No.: 8,611,282)

• D. Lee, D.W. Roh, B. Kang, Y. Noh, B. Kim, B. Kim “Method for transmitting a downlink signal in a multi-antenna wireless communication system, and apparatus for same,” (US Patent number: 8,559,403)

• B.W. Kang, D.W. Roh, D.W. Lee, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, J.K. Ahn “Method for transmitting data by applying precoding matrix in an open loop MIMO system,” (US Patent No.: 8,594,036)

• [38]   D.W. Roh, B. Kim, D. Lee, Y. Noh, B. Kang “Method of indicating number of antennas in network broadcast system,” (US Patent No.: 8,514,745)

• B. Kim, B. Kang, D. Lee, Y. Noh, K. Kim, D. Roh “Method for generating reference signal sequence in multi-antenna wireless communication system and apparatus for same,” (US Patent No.: 10,038,536, 9,160,429, and 8,565,268)

• D.W. Lee, Ki Jun Kim, J.K. Ahn, B.W. Kang, Y.J. Noh, B.H. Kim, B.H. Kim “Apparatus for transmitting uplink signal in MIMO wireless communication system and method thereof,” (US Patent No.: 8,670,430)

• J.H. Jo, J.M. Lee, D.S. Hong, B.W. Kang “Method for selecting a relay station,” (US Patent No.: 8,605,670)

• Y.J. Noh, K. J. Kim, D.W. Roh, B.W. Kang, D.W. Lee, B.H. Kim “Method for transmitting downlink reference signals in a multi-antenna wireless communication system,” (US Patent No.: 8,400,994)

• B.-H. Kim, D.W. Lee, B. Kang, B.H. Kim, Y. Noh “Method and apparatus of transmitting reference signal for uplink transmission,” (US Patent No.: 8,503,561)