Empirical research on innovation-network management

• Project/Area Number: 25380579
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Commerce
• Research Institution: Meiji University
• Principal Investigator: Hara Yoritoshi 明治大学, 商学部, 教授 (30366900)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: イノベーション / 企業間関係 / 企業間コーディネーション / ネットワーク・オーケストレーション / 価値創造 / サービス・イノベーション / 企業間ネットワーク / 脱コモディティ化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study was to examine how business-network management influences innovation in the networks. I conducted the two studies by using different approaches: (1) a qualitative study on legitimation processes in innovation networks and (2) a quantitative study on the impacts of relationship attributes, firms’ capabilities, and governance structures in business relationships on the relationship performance. Study 1 implied that not de-legitimation by peripheral actors in innovation networks could have a great impact on the network performance. Study 2 partially revealed the relationships between relationship-specific investments, uncertainty, absorptive capacities, governance structures, and relationship performance.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] The hidden abode of network orchestration: The case of de-legitimated diesel cars in Japan (2015)
  • Author(s): Hajime Kobayashi（Yoritoshi Hara, Takahiro Endoとの共著）
  • Journal Title: Industrial Marketing Management Volume: 49 Pages: 15-21
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.indmarman.2015.06.001
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Enablers and Inhibitors of Service Commercialization by Manufacturers (2015)
  • Author(s): Hajime Kobayashi and Yoritoshi Hara
  • Organizer: 11th European Conference on Management, Leadership and Governance
  • Place of Presentation: Lisbon, Portugal
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-13
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] The Issue of Organizational and Relational Inertia against Servitization of Manufacturing (2015)
  • Author(s): Yoritoshi Hara, Masaaki Takemura, Yi-jen Wang, and Kenich Hosoi
  • Organizer: 7th International Conference on Business Market Managemen
  • Place of Presentation: London, UK
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-04
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Knowledge sharing modes in international business contexts (2014)
  • Author(s): Hajime Kobayashi, Yoritoshi Hara and Tetsuya Usui
  • Organizer: 6th Meeting of the IMP Group in Asia
  • Place of Presentation: Bali, Indonesia
  • Year and Date: 2014-12-09
• [Presentation] A Discursive perspective on Legitimation and Delegitimation Strategies between Business and Government (2014)
  • Author(s): Yoritoshi Hara, Hajime Kobayashi, and Takahiro Endo
  • Organizer: 30th Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Bordeaux, France
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-04
• [Presentation] The Relationship of Income Change to Buying Criteria in the Middle of Pyramid: International Comparison between Japan and China (2014)
  • Author(s): Hajime Baba and Yoritoshi Hara
  • Organizer: 23th Annual CIMaR Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Victoria, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-28
• [Presentation] Abrupt Salesperson Driven Network Formation: The Case Study of Kagome’s Regional Marketing (2014)
  • Author(s): Hosoi, Kenichi, Kenneth Ichiro Tsuye, Miho Miyauchi, and Yoritoshi Hara
  • Organizer: 7th Annual Conference of Global Sales Science Institute Conference
  • Place of Presentation: London, UK
  • Year and Date: 2014-06-12
• [Presentation] Making and Consuming Characters (2013)
  • Author(s): Masae Takimoto, Yoritoshi Hara, Hajime Kobayashi, and Masaaki Takemura
  • Organizer: 2nd M-Sphere Conference for Multidisciplinarity in Business and Science
  • Place of Presentation: Dubrovnik, Croatia
• [Presentation] Pros and Cons of Relationships: The Case of Account Executive Systems in the Japanese Advertising Industry (2013)
  • Author(s): Masae Takimoto, Yoritoshi Hara, and Masaaki Takemura
  • Organizer: 29th Industrial Marketing and Purchasing Conference
  • Place of Presentation: Atlanta, USA
• [Presentation] Ambidextrous Organizational Learning and Enacted Strategy Stuff: Combining the Strategy-as-Practice View and Dynamic Capability View (2013)
  • Author(s): Hajime Kobayashi, Masae Takimoto, Masaaki Takemura, and Yoritoshi Hara
  • Organizer: 29th European Group for Organizational Studies Colloquium
  • Place of Presentation: Montreal, Canada