Innovation Pattens in General Purpose Technologies

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24730308
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Business administration
• Research Institution: Hitotsubashi University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMIZU Hiroshi 一橋大学, 大学院商学研究科, 准教授 (90530080)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: イノベーション / スピンアウト / 汎用性の高い技術 / サブマーケット / 競争戦略

Outline of Final Research Achievements

By exploring the patterns of technological development in the laser diode, fiber, and industrial machinery industries in the U.S. and Japan and theoretically examining market conditions and institutions that promote entrepreneurial spin-outs from a parental company, this research project aims to reveal how the existence and absence of entrepreneurial spin-out influence the ways in which technological trajectories emerge.
The case studies show that vibrant entrepreneurial spin-out could hinder technological development, since the cumulative effects of incremental innovations on the technological trajectories could vanish if many firms spin out to target untapped sub-markets.

Free Research Field

経営学