Shigemi YONEYAMA

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Shigemi Yoneyama is a professor of strategy and innovation management. After finishing doctoral program at Hitotsubashi University, he experienced lecture, associate professor and professor at Seinan Gakuin University, Musashi University, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo Metropolitan University, etc. In the meantime, he stayed as a visiting scholar at Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley (1994-1995) and INSEAD, France (2004-2005). From 2010, he took charge of the director of research at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP), a research arm of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), as well as an affiliated professor at National Graduate Institute of Policy Studies (GRIPS). He moved to the current position in 2013.

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Research Fields

Strategy, organization and management of Innovation (Currently focusing on Open Innovation issues), Corporate and Business Strategy, Global R&D Management, Management of Technology and Intellectual Property, Science and Technology Policy

Recent Publications

• 1. "Why the number of matching contract on licensable patent is so small?: an empirical analysis on incentive and performance of patent pledge." Chizai Kanri, Vol. 71-6, pp. 749-764, 2021. (co-authored with I. Yamauchi, in Japanese)
• 2. Re-innovation: Creating and Revitalizing Value through Perspective Change. Nikkei Shinbun Shuppan, 2020. (in Japanese)
• 3. "Performance management of public-private collaboration in innovation". Creativity and Innovation Management, Vol. 28, pp. 563-574, 2020. (co-authored with Sarah Lai-Yin Cheah and Yuen-Ping Ho)
• 4. "Determinants and Effects of Patent Pledge : An Empirical Study". Journal of Intellectual Property Association of Japan, Vo. 17-1, pp. 4-22, 2020. (co-authored with I. Yamauchi, in Japanese)
• 5. "Managing unintended reverse knowledge transfer for enhancing R&D performance of parent companies". Paper presented at the International Forum on Knowledge Asset Dynamics (IFKAD) conference (Matera, Italy, co-authored with Sarah Lai-Yin Cheah, Best Paper Award), 2019.
• 6. "Current status and issues on utilization of licensable patents in Japan". Paper presented at the Asian Network for Learning, Innovation, and Co-evolution (ASIALICS) conference (Seoul, Korea), 2019.
• 7. "Does individual innovativeness suffer from individual knowledge protection? ". Paper presented at the International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) conference (Fukuoka, Japan), 2018. (co-authored with Heidi Olander, Anna-Maija Nisula）
• 8. "Exploring the impact of 'unintended' reverse knowledge transfer on R&D performance of parent company". Paper presented at the 34th European Group of Organization Studies (EGOS) Colloquium (Tallinn, Estonia), 2018.
• 9. "Sharing knowledge and best practices between home and host countries". Paper presented at the Strategic Management Society (SMS) Special Conference (Oslo, Norway), 2018.
• 10. "Learning-by-exposure: a strategic use of outbound open innovation for enhancing innovation performance", Proceedings of the 4th World Open Innovation Conference, December 15th, 2017. (co-authored with I. Yamauchi and Ayako Mitsui)
• 11. "Outbound open innovation and innovation performance", Journal of Intellectual Property Association of Japan, Vo. 14-1, pp. 5-24, 2017. (co-authored with I. Yamauchi and A. Mitsui, in Japanese)
• 12. "Promotional factors in outbound open innovation: a case study on the seamless Capsule technology of Morishita Jintan Co. Ltd.", Journal of Intellectual Property Association of Japan, Vo. 14-1, pp. 56-63, 2017. (co-authored with S. Manabe, in Japanese)
• 13. "Unintended reverse knowledge transfer from subsidiaries to headquarters." Proceedings of the Strategic Management Society Special Conference, 2017. (with S. Cheah)
• 14. "Comparative study on open innovation activities between Japan, US and European companies." The Journal of Economics (Gakushuin University), Vol. 54-1, pp. 35-52, 2017. (with T. Watanabe, I. Yamauchi, S. Manabe and S. Iwata, in Japanese)
• 15. "Comparative study on R&D activities of Japanese companies in developed and emerging countries." Journal of International Studies (Kwansei Gakuin University), Vol. 6-2, pp. 17-27, 2017 (with S. Iwata, in Japanese).
• 16. "University-industry collaboration and its impact on academic research in University." Proceedings of the 17th International CINet (Continuous Innovation Network) Conference, 2016.
• 17. "Managing tension in innovation: balance between internal and external technology sourcing." Proceedings of the 32nd EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium, 2016. (with S. Cheah)
• 18. "University-industry collaboration: Exploring the effect on university researchers." Proceedings of the World Conference on Innovation, Engineering and Technology, 2016.
• 19. "The interaction of inbound and outbound process of open innovation and its effect on innovation performance." Proceedings of the INFORMS International Conference, 2016. (with I. Yamauchi and A. Mitsui)
• 20. "Open innovation and intellectual property management." Hitotsubashi Business Review, Vol. 63-4, pp. 6-21, 2016. (with T. Watanabe and I. Yamauchi, in Japanese)
• 21. "Corporate governance of public-private partnership in innovation." Proceedings of the DRUID Asia Conference, 2016. (with S. Cheah)

Professional Affiliations

Board of Directors,Intellectual Property Association of Japan
Councilor,Japan Society of Research Policy and Innnovation Management
Member, The Academic Association for Organizational Science
Member, International Society for Professional Innovation Management
Member, Strategic Management Society

Other Information

Outside the university, Professor Yoneyama is serving as a visiting fellow at the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP); the project leader of the "Study on Intellectual Property Policies for Investment Promotion" (Economic Research Institute of ASEAN and East Asia: ERIA); a member of the "Forum on Top Management of the Next Generation" (Japan Productivity Center: JPC) and so on. Also, he is taking charge of an editorial board member of the International Journal of Technology Marketing, Asian Research Policy, and the Journal of Science Policy and Research Management, while working as a coordinator/lecturer of corporate executive seminars as well as a business consultant at more than 20 Japanese and foreign companies.