2006 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Up-Grading Knowledge Intensive Industrial Clusters and Globalization.
| Project/Area Number |
16203022
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Economic policy
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| Research Institution | Hosei University |
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Principal Investigator |
HORAGUCHI Haruo Hosei University, Hosei Business School of Innovation Management, Professor, 大学院イノベーション・マネジメント研究科, 教授 (20209258)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAGINUMA Hisashi Hosei University, Faculty of Business Administration, Professor, 経営学部, 教授 (80210227)
MATSUSHIMA Shigeru Hosei University, Faculty of Business Administration, Professor, 経営学部, 教授 (00339508)
KIM Yongdo Hosei University, Faculty of Business Administration, Associate Professor, 経営学部, 助教授 (70350212)
KONNO Yoshinori Hosei University, Faculty of Business Administration, Associate Professor, 経営学部, 助教授 (10345275)
AMANO Tomofumi Hosei University, Faculty of Business Administration, Associate Professor, 経営学部, 助教授 (40339205)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Keywords | Cluster / Globalization / Innovation / Monozukuri / Industrial Agglomeration / Research and Development / Joint Application for Patent / Technology Elements |
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| Research Abstract |
The empirical research on "Up-grading Knowledge-Intensive Industrial Clusters and Globalization" started as a study to find policy recommendation to overcome hollowing-out of industry after the bubble burst and globalization of Japanese economy. The research evolved as a study of innovation where variety of actors collaborated and formed a new informal organization, thus creating new technology for the future growth. The field work in an industrial cluster went in Nagoya, Fukuoka / Kitakyusyu, Silicon Valley, Toyama and other locations. Questionnaire survey was conducted for 18 areas of "the Knowledge Cluster Initiative" mandated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT).
We discovered that newly created organizations spanned their activities beyond a realm of "industry" and evidenced importance of the global network which exceeded cohesive characteristics of local economy and its proximity. Industrial policy relinquished its position to Innovation policy in some of strategic field of technology and industry. In Japan, innovation creation is based on the acquisition of a joint patent by plural companies. Our empirical research evidenced that Toyota was one of the most aggressive companies to acquire the joint patent. Both innovation creation and production technology were simultaneously pursued in Toyota.
In relation to innovation and industrial accumulation, development of technology elements is pursued by a research institute of a company and a university. This type of collaboration is an engine of research and development in many clusters in Japan. J. Schumpeter assumed that it was a role of an entrepreneur that accomplished "new combination", but it became clear that there exist various actors such as the researchers in a company laboratory, researchers in universities, marketers, industrialists, and public servants. They acted as an engine to put existing elements of technology together and create "new combination."
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