Shimizu, Hiroshi Professor
Business history,
economic history
Born: 1973
E-mail: shimizu☆iir.hit-u.ac.jp (to use this email address, please replace the ☆ with an @ mark)
Phone: +81-42-580-8433
Fax: +81-42-580-8410
1997 B.A., Faculty of Commerce, Chuo University
1999 M.A., Graduate School of Commerce and Management,
Hitotsubashi University
2002 M.A., Graduate School of History, Northwestern University
2007 Ph.D. (Economic History) London School of Economics and
Political Science, University of London
2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Eindhoven University of Technology
(The Netherlands)
2008 Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University
2011 Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University
2017-present Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
Hitotsubashi University
2002 M.A., Graduate School of History, Northwestern University
2007 Ph.D. (Economic History) London School of Economics and
Political Science, University of London
2007 Postdoctoral Fellow, Eindhoven University of Technology
(The Netherlands)
2008 Assistant Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University
2011 Associate Professor, Institute of Innovation Research,
Hitotsubashi University
2017-present Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University
【Awards】
-The 33rd Annual Takamiya Award for Best Book,
The Academic Association for Organizational Science, June 2017
Book Title:
Innovations in General Purpose Technology: Technological Development of Semiconductor Lasers in the U.S. and Japan
-The 59th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science,
Nikkei Inc. and the Japan Center for Economic Research, November 2016
Book Title:
Innovations in General Purpose Technology: Technological Development of Semiconductor Lasers in the U.S. and Japan
【Recent Research Themes】
Taking historical perspectives, he
scrutinizes the changing industrial structure and competitive strategy and its
impacts on entrepreneurship and innovation over time.
The followings are his research
projects.
・Historical development of semiconductor laser technology
・International comparison of scientist and engineer
networks
・Collaboration among organizations in new product
development
・Dynamics between innovation and market structure
・Inventive activity in Japan
・Innovation in general purpose technology