The Role of Social Network on Innovation Activity of Firms after Management Crisis by Disaster

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26510005
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: 震災問題と人文学・社会科学
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Watanabe Toshiya 東京大学, 政策ビジョン研究センター, 教授 (00334350)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: イノベーション / 経営危機 / 中小企業 / 災害 / 学習

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The purpose of this study is to clarify what kinds of effect on organizations as SME’s by management crisis caused by disaster like financial crisis, earthquakes and litigation and what kind of organization is likely to exhibit more resistance against such crisis by empirical research method. To increase resistance against such crisis, not only fundamental organizational structure such as financial, social network of limited node partner plays important role. In addition, it is observed that SME’s often study risk management to improve usual management performance. However, the effect of improvement by study turned out to last only limited years.

Free Research Field

経営学、イノベーション、知的財産