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Roles of design engineers as innovators

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K17162
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Management
Research InstitutionHitotsubashi University (2019)
The University of Tokyo (2016-2018)

Principal Investigator

Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru  一橋大学, 大学院経営管理研究科, 講師 (60771277)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywordsイノベーション / デザイン / 発明 / 特許分析 / 技術イノベーション / デザイン開発 / デザインマネジメント / イノベーションマネジメント / デザイン活動の計測 / 意匠権 / 工業デザイン / 知的財産 / デザイン・エンジニア / 技術経営
Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study studied a part of the mechanisms of “design thinking” -- a widely recognized set of methodology in innovation creation. We focused on industrial designers who also contributed to technology development to identify the focal mechanism. To overcome methodological issues, we firstly validated design patent data as an innovation indicator. We confirmed the validity, at least in the domestic registrations. Secondly, we investigated designer-originated inventions and conditions of design-technology mixed innovations. Our quantitative study and qualitative studies found that some designers contribute to technology development by their unique skills, and also technology development and design developments are interactive under the innovation creation context.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究はなぜデザイナー的志向がイノベーションを生み出すのかについて迫ることができた。具体的には、他人が気が付かない需要への気付き、そして、組織を越えた活動に要因があることが推測された。さらに学術的には、本研究が意匠データによる書誌情報分析の基盤を提供したことの価値が大きい。本研究によって意匠制度の差異の影響は研究上大きな影響を及ぼすものではなく、各国の意匠登録データが有効であることが確認できた。これは特に豊富な書誌情報がある日本の意匠データを使った分析結果が国際的な一般化可能性があることを補強する傍証となる。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (26 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016

All Journal Article (14 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 9 results,  Open Access: 7 results,  Acknowledgement Compliant: 2 results) Presentation (11 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results,  Invited: 1 results) Book (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Profiting from (not too many) package designs: evidence from a firm level design registration analysis in the food manufacturing industry2020

    • Author(s)
      Miyanoshita Tomofumi、Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru、Kanama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      British Food Journal

      Volume: - Issue: 7 Pages: 2233-2251

    • DOI

      10.1108/bfj-09-2019-0699

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Revisiting incremental product innovations in the food-manufacturing industry: an empirical study on the effect of intellectual property rights2020

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru、Miyanoshita Tomofumi、Kanama Daisuke
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Economic Structures

      Volume: 9 Issue: 1 Pages: 34-34

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40008-020-00213-5

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The dilemma of design innovation2019

    • Author(s)
      Akiike Atsushi、Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru、Katsumata Sotaro
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Business Administrative Science

      Volume: 18 Issue: 6 Pages: 209-222

    • DOI

      10.7880/abas.0190908a

    • NAID

      130007762326

    • ISSN
      1347-4456, 1347-4464
    • Year and Date
      2019-12-15
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 日米欧中韓の意匠制度の差異が意匠登録の動向に与える影響の実証分析2019

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹
    • Journal Title

      Design Protect

      Volume: 122 Pages: 9-14

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] デザインを活用する上での知財制度の課題2019

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹
    • Journal Title

      衆議院調査局経済産業調査室『日本におけるデザイン活動の現状と課題に関する調査報告』

      Volume: - Pages: 66-79

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Industrial Design Management within Technological Change2018

    • Author(s)
      秋池 篤、吉岡 (小林) 徹
    • Journal Title

      Akamon Management Review

      Volume: 17 Issue: 4 Pages: 159-178

    • DOI

      10.14955/amr.0171112a

    • NAID

      130007439853

    • ISSN
      1347-4448, 1348-5504
    • Year and Date
      2018-08-25
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Designer-Originated Technology Innovations in Innovative Products:2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru
    • Journal Title

      Japan Marketing Journal

      Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Pages: 21-37

    • DOI

      10.7222/marketing.2018.026

    • NAID

      130007530741

    • ISSN
      0389-7265, 2188-1669
    • Year and Date
      2018-06-30
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The validity of industrial design registrations and design patents as a measurement of "good" product design: A comparative empirical analysis2018

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru、Fujimoto Tsuyoshi、Akiike Atsushi
    • Journal Title

      World Patent Information

      Volume: 53 Pages: 14-23

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.wpi.2018.04.001

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 産学連携・デザイン開発・品質衛生管理認証取得が企業パフォーマンスに与える影響に関する実証分析ー食品製造業を対象としてー2018

    • Author(s)
      宮ノ下智史、吉岡(小林)徹、金間大介
    • Journal Title

      日本知財学会誌

      Volume: 15 Pages: 18-27

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] The Power of Existing Design for Establishing the Dominant “Industrial” Design2017

    • Author(s)
      AKIIKE Atsushi、YOSHIOKA-KOBAYASHI Tohru
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Business Administrative Science

      Volume: 16 Issue: 4 Pages: 189-202

    • DOI

      10.7880/abas.0170410a

    • NAID

      130005990958

    • ISSN
      1347-4456, 1347-4464
    • Year and Date
      2017-08-15
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 国際的デザイン賞受賞製品に対する知的財産権による保護の実態から見えるもの:デザイン・イノベーションの成果は意匠制度により保護されているのか?2017

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹, 秋池篤
    • Journal Title

      日本知財学会誌

      Volume: 13 Pages: 39-54

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Journal Article] グッドデザイン賞の研究用データベースの概要とその利用2017

    • Author(s)
      原泰史, 吉岡(小林)徹, 蘆澤雄亮
    • Journal Title

      一橋大学イノベーション研究センター IIRワーキングペーパー

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The power of existing design for establishing the dominant “industrial” design.2017

    • Author(s)
      Atushi Akiike, Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Business Administrative Science

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An alternative resource for technology innovation: Do industrial designers create superior invention?2016

    • Author(s)
      Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Toshiya Watanabe
    • Journal Title

      Proceedings of Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2016

      Volume: - Pages: 844-854

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
  • [Presentation] Designerly thinking and technology innovation: A black box in innovation2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru
    • Organizer
      Asia Pacific Innovation Conference 2019
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Measuring design trends using design rights: A citation analysis approach to identify influential product categories in design development2019

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi Tohru、Kataoka Junya、Akiike Atsushi
    • Organizer
      International Conference on Meanings of Design in the Next Era
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 意匠の引用データから見る他分野のデザイン開発に影響を与えている製品分野の推定2019

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹、片岡純也、秋池篤
    • Organizer
      日本知財学会第17回年次学術研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Design awards and intellectual property protections: Do patents and industrial design registrations correspond to design award-winning products?2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi, T., Fujimoto, T., Akiike, A.
    • Organizer
      Asia Pacific Innovation Conference 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Design Awards and Global Industrial Design Protections: Do Industrial Design Registrations Correspond to Design Award-winning Products and Complement Other Non-awarded Products?2017

    • Author(s)
      Yoshioka-Kobayashi, T., Fujimoto, T., Akiike, A.
    • Organizer
      European Policy for Intellectual Property 2017
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] デザイン・イノベーションは知的財産権で計測できるのか:国際的デザイン賞受賞製品の日米欧中での意匠・特許保護の実証分析2017

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹・藤本一・秋池篤
    • Organizer
      日本知財学会第15回年次学術研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 食品製造業における特許、意匠、商標のマネジメントと企業パフォーマンス:新商品・新技術の積極的展開と一商品のブランド化の間で2016

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹・宮ノ下智史・金間大介
    • Organizer
      日本知財学会第14回年次学術研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      日本大学駿河台キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-03
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] An alternative resource for technology innovation: Do industrial designers create superior invention?2016

    • Author(s)
      Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Toshiya Watanabe
    • Organizer
      Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology, PICMET 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Honolulu, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-09-04
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] An alternative resource for technology innovation: Do industrial designers create superior invention?2016

    • Author(s)
      Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi, Toshiya Watanabe
    • Organizer
      Aalto University, Open Seminar, Factors impacting the diffusion of disruptive digital ecosystems
    • Place of Presentation
      Aalto University, Espoo, Finland
    • Year and Date
      2016-08-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 工業デザイナーの技術開発への寄与とその要因2016

    • Author(s)
      吉岡(小林)徹
    • Organizer
      2016年度組織学会研究発表大会
    • Place of Presentation
      兵庫県立大学神戸商科キャンパス
    • Year and Date
      2016-06-12
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Cross-functional collaboration versus a single functional team in industrial design development: A technology management perspective2016

    • Author(s)
      Tohru Yoshioka-Kobayashi
    • Organizer
      The 25th International Conference for Management of Technology, IAMOT 2016
    • Place of Presentation
      Orland, USA
    • Year and Date
      2016-05-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Book] イノベーション&マーケティングの経済学2019

    • Author(s)
      金間 大介、山内 勇、吉岡(小林) 徹
    • Total Pages
      228
    • Publisher
      中央経済社
    • ISBN
      9784502300813
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report

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Published: 2016-04-21   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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