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A comparative analysis of the spatiality of innovation and technological trajectories in the manufacturing industry

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17K13577
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Human geography
Research InstitutionThe University of Tokyo

Principal Investigator

Kamakura Natsuki  東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 准教授 (00791831)

Project Period (FY) 2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Keywords技術軌道 / 製造業 / イノベーション / 立地履歴 / 化学産業 / 工作機械産業 / 機械産業 / 経済地理学 / 産業立地
Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to focus on the spatiality of technological trajectories in large Japanese manufacturing firms, and to clarify the process of formation of such trajectories through a comparative analysis of the location history of R&D functions and how innovation has been realized across industries. Comparing Japanese machine tool companies and chemical companies, both have developed their businesses technologically by catching up with Western companies, and have accumulated their own unique technologies due to their geographical proximity and close relationships with related industries. In particular, we find that the technology trajectories of companies that have strengths in niche markets, such as mid-sized companies clustered in the Hokuriku region, are similar to the technology trajectories in the case of chemical companies that have been successful in developing new products with high added value.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

知識の創造と拡散がいかにして起こるのかを明らかにすることは、地理的に不均等な経済成長を理解するために重要である。企業の技術軌道の多くは、ある一点で形成されるものではなく、中央研究所や事業部の研究所、生産拠点など、空間的に分散した拠点で誕生するものである。本研究では、日本の製造業大企業における技術軌道の空間性の事例研究を行った。イノベーションの形成過程は複雑であり、企業や産業単位での質的・量的研究の積み重ねは、イノベーションの地理的特徴を明らかにしようとする関連分野において必須である。また、産業政策・地域経済政策を検討するにあたっては、こうした事例研究による知見の蓄積が求められる。

Report

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

    (14 results)

All 2020 2018 2017 Other

All Presentation (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 4 results) Book (2 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Presentation] データを活用した地域経済分析と北陸ものづくり産業2020

    • Author(s)
      松原宏・鎌倉夏来
    • Organizer
      データ駆動型社会における北陸地域の未来
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 技術イノベーションシステムの地理的特徴―AI関連技術の事例―2020

    • Author(s)
      鎌倉夏来
    • Organizer
      日本地理学会春季学術大会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] The Geography of R&D and Technological Trajectory: Case of Japanese Chemical Companies2018

    • Author(s)
      KAMAKURA Natsuki
    • Organizer
      AAG Annual Meeting 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Restructuring Industrial Areas in an Age of Industrial Decline: Case of a Suburban City in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area2018

    • Author(s)
      KAMAKURA Natsuki
    • Organizer
      RSA Global Conference 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Locational Change of the Machine Tool Industry in Japan: Focusing on the Machine Tool Firms in the Hokuriku Region2018

    • Author(s)
      KAMAKURA Natsuki
    • Organizer
      Fifth Global Conference on Economic Geography 2018
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日系化学企業における研究開発機能の空間的分業と知識フローに関する地理学的研究2017

    • Author(s)
      鎌倉夏来
    • Organizer
      経済地理学会 第64回大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Globalization of R&D and Change in Spatial Division of Labor in Japanese Chemical Companies2017

    • Author(s)
      KAMAKURA Natsuki
    • Organizer
      RSA Student and Early Career Conference
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 日本における工作機械産業の立地競争力 ―北陸地域の工作機械企業を中心に―2017

    • Author(s)
      松原宏・鎌倉夏来
    • Organizer
      2017年度経済地理学会関東支部12月例会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 技術軌道の空間性と産業立地―日本の工作機械産業を事例に―2017

    • Author(s)
      鎌倉夏来
    • Organizer
      新産業地域学ワークショップ
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 日系化学企業におけるグローバルR&Dの経営的課題に関する一考察2017

    • Author(s)
      鎌倉夏来
    • Organizer
      2017年度日本地理学会春季学術大会
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 研究開発機能の空間的分業2018

    • Author(s)
      鎌倉 夏来
    • Total Pages
      288
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784130461252
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Book] 産業集積地域の構造変化と立地政策2018

    • Author(s)
      松原 宏
    • Total Pages
      388
    • Publisher
      東京大学出版会
    • ISBN
      9784130461221
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 地域未来社会連携研究機構 機構所属教員

    • URL

      https://frs.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/%E6%A9%9F%E6%A7%8B%E6%89%80%E5%B1%9E%E6%95%99%E5%93%A1/

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Remarks] 鎌倉夏来 助教 東京大学人文地理学教室

    • URL

      http://www.humgeo.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp/staff/kamakura/

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report 2017 Research-status Report

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Published: 2017-04-28   Modified: 2021-02-19  

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