Academic Appointment and Education

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENT

Professor (Current Position)

• Waseda University, Faculty of Commerce

Professor(2011-2019)

• Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Institute of Innovation Research

Assistant Professor (2008-2011)

• Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management, Institute of Innovation Research

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2007-2008)

• Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Department of Technology Management, Innovation Studies

EDUCATION

Ph.D in Economic History, 2007

• London School of Economics and Political Science, Department of Economic History
• Thesis title: “Competition, Knowledge Spillover, and Technological Change: Technological Development of Semiconductor Lasers 1960-1990”

MA in History, 2002

• Northwestern University, Department of History

MA in Commerce and Management, 1999

• Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Commerce and Management

BA in Business Management, 1997

• Chuo University, School of Commerce and Business Administration