Management Resources and startups: acquiring the capabilities through human resources

• Project/Area Number: 15K17131
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Keio University (2016-2017); Ritsumeikan University (2015)
• Principal Investigator: KOTOSAKA Masahiro 慶應義塾大学, 総合政策学部(藤沢), 准教授 (20706569)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2017)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
• Keywords: 専門的経営人材 / スタートアップ / 経営戦略 / ベンチャー企業 / マザーズ市場 / ボーングローバル / ベンチャー投資 / 創業支援 / 国際化 / グローバル化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research investigated the role of the management resources of the high growth startup companies through interviews and statistical information. By developing the database of the management professionals who experienced IPO and by interviews of entrepreneurs, this research analyzed the profile of the management who have contributed the successful growth of the firm and the changes in the ways in which startups utlised such management resources for their growth.

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] Freie Universitat Berlin(Germany)
• [Int'l Joint Research] EHESS(France)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Oxford(United Kingdom)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Korea University/Hoseo University(韓国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Chongqing University/Xian Jiaotong Liverpool University(China)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Oxford(United Kingdom)
• [Int'l Joint Research] German Institute for Japanese Studies/Freie Universitate Berlin(Germany)
• [Int'l Joint Research] EHESS(France)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Korea University(韓国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Chongqing University(China)
• [Int'l Joint Research] University of Oxford(United Kingdom)
• [Int'l Joint Research] German Institute for Japanese Studies/Freie Universität Berlin(Germany)
• [Int'l Joint Research] EHESS/European Business School(France)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Korea University/Chung-Ang University(韓国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] Chongqing University/Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University(China)
• [Int'l Joint Research]
• [Journal Article] Transfigurations of Venture Management Personnel: an outline from the perspective of board composition at the time of company listing on the TSE Mothers Index (2018)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kotosaka, Michiyasu Matsui
  • Journal Title: VEC YEARBOOK 2017 Annual Report on Japanese Startup Businesses Volume: 2018 Pages: 51-58
• [Journal Article] シェアリングエコノミーの先にある, 新しい組織の可能性 (2017)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Journal Title: Nextcom Volume: 30 Pages: 18-27
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] 変貌するベンチャー経営人材：東証マザーズ上場時の役員構成の概観から (2017)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広, 松井理秦
  • Journal Title: ベンチャー白書2017-ベンチャービジネスに関する年次報告 Volume: 2017 Pages: 113-119
• [Journal Article] 急速なグローバル化には、試行錯誤の許容と外部人材の活用が必要 (2017)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Journal Title: 日本の人事部LEADERS Volume: 5 Pages: 108-108
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The gradual accumulation of professionals has started to accelerate the growth of Japanese startups (2017)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kotosaka
  • Journal Title: VEC YEARBOOK 2016 Volume: 1 Pages: 84-87
  • Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] メタナショナルと呼ばれる世界市場統合の時代へ (2016)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Journal Title: DIAMONDチェーンストア Volume: 5.1 Pages: 84-85
• [Journal Article] シャオミやテスラはなぜ世界規模に急伸したか？ (2016)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Journal Title: PRESIDENT Volume: 10.3 Pages: 138-139
• [Journal Article] 専門的経営人材の蓄積が、創業と成長を加速させつつある (2016)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Journal Title: ベンチャー白書2016 Volume: 1 Pages: 125-127
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] e evolution of the ICT start-up eco-system in Japan: from corporate logic to venture logic? (2016)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kotosaka and Mari Sako
  • Journal Title: INCAS DP Series 2016 Volume: 6 Pages: 3-20
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] 論点多彩 外部資源活用による事業成長の加速 : 中小企業のままでありながら世界的な事業を展開する (2015)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Journal Title: 日本政策金融公庫調査月報 Volume: 86 Pages: 38-43
  • NAID: 40020636475
  • Open Access / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Presentation] Incremental institutional changes through strategic alliances between large firms and new ICT ventures in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kotosaka, Pauline Debanes, Ibolya Belakova
  • Organizer: 30th SASE Annual Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Incremental Institutional Change through Strategic Alliances between Large Firms and New ICT Ventures in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kotosaka, Pauline Debanes, Ibolya Belakova
  • Organizer: 78th AoM Annual Meeting
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Entrepreneurial Storytelling and the Rise of Robotics/AI Start-ups in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Thomas Schmidt, Satoshi Tomita, Masahiro Kotosaka, Jorg Sydow
  • Organizer: 34th EGOS Colloquium 2018
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] 専門的経営人材をどう活用するか -急速な国際化を果たす新興企業の研究から- (2017)
  • Author(s): 琴坂将広
  • Organizer: 経営研究所 グローバル経営研究会3月例会
  • Place of Presentation: 経営研究所
  • Year and Date: 2017-03-17
  • Invited
• [Presentation] High-Tech Start-Up Ecosystems in East Asian Agglomerations:Are They Different? (2016)
  • Author(s): Martin Hemmert, Ying Cheng, Florian Kohlbacher, Masahiro Kotosaka, Chang-Ti Loh, and Franz Waldenberger
  • Organizer: the AIB 2016 New Orleans Conference
  • Place of Presentation: New Orleans, LA
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] High-Tech Start-Up Ecosystems in East Asian Agglomerations: Are They Different? (2016)
  • Author(s): Martin Hemmert, Ying Cheng, Florian Kohlbacher, Masahiro Kotosaka, Chang-Ti Loh, and Franz Waldenberger
  • Organizer: the AIB 2016 New Orleans Conference
  • Place of Presentation: New Orleans (USA)
  • Year and Date: 2016-06-28
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] The Japanese Business in Evolution (2017)
  • Author(s): Tsutomu Nagano, et al.
  • Publisher: Routledge
• [Remarks] STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
  • URL: http://www.dhbr.net/articles/-/4820
• [Remarks] 「業績を担う人材」と「変革を担う人材」、組織変革で二つの異なる才能を共存させる
  • URL: http://www.dhbr.net/articles/-/4815
• [Remarks] 経営戦略を浸透させる：人間への理解がもたらす組織の前進
  • URL: http://www.dhbr.net/articles/-/4903
• [Remarks] 技術の進化が導く経営戦略の未来
  • URL: http://www.dhbr.net/articles/-/5126
• [Remarks] INCAS Discussion Paper Series 2016
  • URL: https://incas.hypotheses.org/856
• [Remarks] DIJ Working Papers 2016
  • URL: https://www.dijtokyo.org/publication/high-tech-start-up-ecosystems-in-east-asian-agglomerations-are-they-different-from-the-west/
• [Remarks] 東証マザーズ市場における上場時のCEOのキャリアデータ
  • URL: http://iber.sfc.keio.ac.jp/?p=9564
• [Remarks] 東証マザーズ市場におけるCEOの学歴データ
  • URL: http://iber.sfc.keio.ac.jp/?p=9275
• [Remarks] ドイツ日本研究所ワーキングペーパー
  • URL: http://www.dijtokyo.org/publications/DIJ_WP_1601&lang=en