Research Projects
GEM coordinates approximately 5 projects internally every year, and also works on externally commissioned projects.
2025
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| The Impact of Counterhedonic Consumption on Food and Beverage Preferences | Koji Matsushita |
| Policy Support and University Contributions in Regional Startup and Innovation Ecosystems | Junichi Nishimura |
| Quantitative Analysis of the Success Factors of Maruti Suzuki in India's Automobile Manufacturing Industry | Yukari Shirota |
| Intangible Asset Investment and Financing | Kaoru Hosono |
2024
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| The History of the Development of the Chemical, Electronics and Electrical Machinery Industries from Wartime to the 1970s | Susumu Ishii |
| Research on Tax Systems and Incentive-Penalty Systems | Naoyuki Kaneda |
| Research on Causal Discovery Using Extreme Value Statistics | Junichiro Fukuchi |
| The Impact of Expanding Employee Insurance Coverage on Wages, Employment and Productivity | Kaoru Hosono |
| The Appeal of Startup Companies as Employment Destinations: An International Comparative Study | Dimitry Rtishev |
2023
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Implementation of Nonlinear Structural Models and Their Extension to Time Series | Kentaro Akashi |
| The Impact of Backorders on the Bullwhip Effect | Ayako Kawai |
| An Analysis of 20-Year Growth Patterns of Indian IT Companies Using Amplitude-Based Time Series Clustering | Yukari Shirota |
| The Spread of Drug Discovery Innovation and Its Economic Impact | Junichi Nishimura |
| A Study on the Determinants of Mortgage Borrowing and Their Long-term Impact on Consumption | Kaoru Hosono |
| Empirical Analysis of Business Management Using International Patent Information | Tetsuo Wada |
2022
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Measuring Human Resource Investment | Tsutomu Miyagawa |
| Examining the Concept of OJT (On-the-Job Training) with International Comparison (2) | Akira Wakisaka |
| Comparative Institutional Analysis of IT Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Japan and Europe | Dimitry Rtishev |
2021
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| The Impact of the Spread of COVID-19 on Lifestyle and Consumption | Yukihiro Aoki |
| Practical Modelling of Nonlinear Structural Models | Kentaro Akashi |
| The Rise and Fall of Japan's Electronics Industry | Susumu Ishii |
| The Impact of Supply Chain Management Initiatives on Corporate Value | Ayako Kawai |
| Comparative Institutional Analysis of IT Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Japan and Europe | Dimitry Rtishev |
| Comparative Study of Rural Household Consumption Including Domestic Production: Case Studies of Ethnic Minority Communities in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo) and in Central Vietnam | Shinobu Majima |
| Fundamental Research on Organisational and Strategic Factors for the Establishment, Commercialisation and Growth of University-based Startups | Shigemi Yoneyama |
| Estimating the Quality of Innovation in Energy-Saving Performance Standards and Top-Runner Policies | Mariko Watanabe |
2020
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Statistical Theory for Continuous Time Panel Data Analysis | Katsuto Tanaka |
| The Impact of Supply Chain Management Initiatives on Corporate Value | Ayako Kawai |
| Comparative Institutional Analysis of IT Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Japan and Europe | Dimitry Rtishev |
| Developmental Changes in Change-Oriented Behaviour and Creativity in New Entrants During the Process of Organisational Socialisation | Michikazu Takeuchi |
| Fundamental Research on Organisational and Strategic Factors for the Establishment, Commercialisation and Growth of University-Based Ventures | Shigemi Yoneyama |
2019
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Statistical Analysis of Regional Disparities in the Nursing Care Needs and Nursing Care Delivery Systems and Their Determinants Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) | Wataru Suzuki |
| Drug Pricing Systems and Drug Discovery Innovation | Junichi Nishimura |
| A Study on the Impact of Company Age on Productivity | Kaoru Hosono |
| A Study of Food Taste Evaluation in Regional Product Branding from the Perspective of Food Psychology and Marketing | Takahaho Ueda |
2018
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Is R&D Efficiency Declining? | Tsutomu Miyagawa |
| Examining of the Concept of OJT (On-the-Job Training) with International Comparison | Akira Wakisaka |
| A Study on Rating Methods: Aiming for Corporate Governance Ratings (Based on Germany's DVFA) | Akihiro Koyama |
| An Analysis of Indonesia's Economic Development Using Geometric Statistical Analysis | Yukari Shirota |
| A Study on International Patent Application Strategies of Multinational Corporations | Tetsuo Wada |
2017
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Laboratory Education and the Productivity of Doctoral Researchers | Junichi Nishimura |
| Importing or Exporting Countries? An Analysis of the Benefit Distribution of Tariff Reductions | Hiroshi Mukunoki |
| Regional Revitalisation from a Marketing Perspective | Takahaho Ueda |
| A Study on Retained Earnings and Cash Holdings of Non-listed Companies | Naoyuki Kaneda |
| A Study on the Time Series Changes in Organisational Socialisation Learning and Organisational Adaptation of New Hires | Michikazu Takeuchi |
2016
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Endogenous Market Entry Timing and the Degree of Product Differentiation and its Impact on Social Welfare | Daisuke Shimizu |
| Theory and Application of Nonparametric Population Selection Problems | Junichiro Fukuchi |
| Historical Study of Inland Trade Routes in Southeast Asian Islands Focusing on the 'Salt Road' | Shinobu Majima |
| Comparison and Evaluation of Japanese and German Corporate Governance Codes | Akihiro Koyama |
| Data Analysis of the 'Directory of Executives of Japanese Companies' (1936 edition) and Entrepreneurial Networks and Industrial Development in Aichi Prefecture | Tsuneo Suzuki |
2015
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Time Series Study of the Early Career Development of New Graduates | Michikazu Takeuchi |
| High-frequency Data Analysis of the Japanese Stock Market | Kenichi Tatsumi |
| Analysis of Long-memory Economic Time Series Using Discrete and Continuous Time Models | Katsuto Tanaka |
| Misallocation Monetary Policy and the Japanese Economy | Kaoru Hosono |
| A Study on the 'Win-Win' Benefits of Work-life Balance 3 | Akira Wakisaka |
2014
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Policy Evaluation and Institutional Design for Innovation Support | Junichi Nishimura |
| Real Estate Securitisation and Real Estate Investment | Kaoru Hosono |
| A Study on New Product Idea Disclosure Activities | Dimitry Rtishev |
2013
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Study on Business Models for Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Growth | Takahaho Ueda |
| Prototype of Learning Support for Business Mathematics based on the Inference Engine Method | Yukari Shirota |
| Preparation and Analysis of Income Distribution by Prefecture and Industry during the Meiji Period | Tsuneo Suzuki |
| Dynamic Economic Analysis of Cyberattacks and Security Investments | Kenichi Tatsumi |
| Empirical Study on the Economic Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake | Tsutomu Miyagawa |
2012
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Study on the Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Consumer Psychology | Yukihiro Aoki |
| A Study on Medium- to Long-term Panel Estimation and Testing Methods | Kentaro Akashi |
| The Relationship between the Usefulness of Accounting Profits and the Recognition of Self-Generated Goodwill | Hiroko Katsuo |
| An International Comparison of Real Estate Accounting and Tax Systems | Naoyuki Kaneda |
| An Integrated Study of the Driving Factors in the Organisational Socialisation Process of New Graduates | Michikazu Takeuchi |
2011
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Japanese-German Comparison of M&A and Corporate Valuation | Akihiro Koyama |
| Development of an Online e-Learning System for Business Mathematics | Yukari Shirota |
| Incentives for the Introduction of Solar Power Generation and the Impact of the Feed-in Tariff (FIT) System | Tsuruhiko Nambu |
| Economic Analysis of the Liberalisation of Trade in Services | Hiroshi Mukunoki |
| A Study on the 'Win-Win' Result of Work-Life Balance 2 | Akira Wakisaka |
2010
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Consideration of the De-maturity Model in the Retail Industry: The Case of Coop Sapporo, from Self-Reconstruction to Revival | Takahaho Ueda |
| Research and Application of Statistical Theory | Mototake Arai |
| Statistical Analysis of Microdata | Junichiro Fukuchi |
| Dynamic Economic Analysis of Information Security Investment | Kenichi Tatsumi |
| A Study on the 'Win-Win' Result of Work-Life Balance | Akira Wakisaka |
| On the Quantitative Basis for Corporate Technology Assets | Tetsuo Wada |
2009
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| NGO International Cooperation and Socioeconomic Development in Developing Countries - A Case Study of the Hill Tribes Living in Remote Villages of Thailand - | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| Conjoint Analysis of Favorite Sound | Yukari Shirota |
| Creation and Analysis of Database of Wealthy People / Companies / Executives during the Meiji Period and the Prewar Showa Period | Tsuneo Suzuki |
| A Fact-Finding Survey of Medical Resources / Care Service Consumption during Senior Years based on Joint Receipt Data of Medical Insurance and Nursing Care Insurance | Wataru Suzuki |
| Real Option Theory and Bank Behavior | Kaoru Hosono |
2008
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Basic Study of Work-Life Balance | Koichiro Imano Akira Wakisaka Hiroshi Kitani |
| Earnings Quality Analysis of Income Measurement Model | Yuko Katsuo |
| The Impact of Corporate Governance on Corporate Performance - A Rational / Empirical Analysis | Akihiro Koyama |
| The Impact of Product Differentiation in Multiple Dimensions on Corporate Behavior and Social Welfare | Daisuke Shimizu |
| Digitalization and Analysis of UK Family Expenditure Survey Data | Shinobu Majima |
2007
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| The Impact of Foreign Capital on the Japanese Market | Shigeru Asaba |
| The Occurrence / Collapse Process of the Bubble Economy and an Analysis from the Perspective of Behavioral Economics / Neuro-Economics | Hirohiko Okumura |
| The Data Interpolation Method and Nonlinear Time Series Prediction" | Ken-ichi Tatsumi |
| A Study on the Overseas Transfer of a Company's Research & Development Base" | Hiroshi Mukunoki |
| The History of the Formation of the London Passenger Transport Board - From the Standpoint of Comparative History | Takeshi Yuzawa |
2006
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Study on Accumulated Earnings Tax System | Naoyuki Kaneda |
| A Study on the Effect Women's Choices in Life Courses Have on Their Consumption Style | Yukihiro Aoki |
| Development of the Maple Library in the Generative System for Web-based Teaching Materials for Math" | Yukari Shirota |
| International Comparison of Work-Life Balance | Akira Wakisaka |
| A Study on Determining Factors in the Gap in Real Wages - Why do Wages Deviate from Labor Productivity?" | Kaoru Hosono |
2005
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Consumer Society and Supply of Public Goods and Services - History of the Japanese Economy since the End of the High-Growth Period - | Susumu Ishii |
| Creation and Analysis of Database of Executives and Business Organizations during the Taisho Period and the Prewar Showa Period | Tsuneo Suzuki |
| A Study on the Statistical Approach in Yield Management | Junichiro Fukuchi |
| Policy Assessment and Efficiency in the Public Sector | Kiyoshi Mitsui |
| The Economics of Productivity - An Approach from the Macro and Micro Levels | Tsutomu Miyagawa |
2004
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Prediction Study on the Phenomenon of Fashion, based on a Combination of Text Mining and Multivariate Time Series Analysis | Takaho Ueda |
| The Soft Budget Problem in the Financial Market and Economic Growth | Kaoru Hosono |
| An Economic Analysis of the Preferential Trade Agreement and Multilateral Trade Liberalization | Hiroshi Mukunoki |
| London Urban Transport Policy during the Interwar Period - From the Standpoint of Comparative History | Takeshi Yuzawa |
| Current Status Investigation on Accounting for Impaired Assets | Masaki Yoneyama |
2003
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Rational / Empirical Analysis of the Showa Financial Crisis and the Showa Crisis | Kikuo Iwata |
| Verification Study on Multiple Diagnoses and 'Frequently Visited Physicians' | Hisao Endo |
| Spatial Redistribution Cycle Process of Population in Japan | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| A Study on Floater | Ken-ichi Tatsumi |
| An Analysis of the Employment Portfolio of Diet Members | Akira Wakisaka |
2002
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Study on Human Behavior under Uncertainty and on 'Bubble Economics'" | Hirohiko Okumura |
| Political Economic Analysis of Taxation and Financial Expenditure | Hideki Konishi |
| Research and Development of the 'e-Stylist': An Internet Shopping Navigation System for Purchasing Ladies' Wear | Yukari Shirota |
| Development of the Analytical Method for Finance Data | Junichiro Fukuchi |
| An Empirical Study on R&D / Technology Agreement / Knowledge Flow | Tetsuo Wada |
2001
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| The Overseas Investment of Enterprises and Competition | Shigeru Asaba |
| e-pricing (Pricing for Electronic Commerce) | Takaho Ueda |
| Benefit Calculation and Valuation of Assets in Business Investment" | Yuko Katsuo |
| Management Entrenchment and Corporate Governance - A Comparative Study of Japanese and German Companies | Akihiro Koyama |
| Comparison in Profitability and Appropriation between Zaibatsu-type Enterprises and Non-Zaibatsu-type Enterprises during the Prewar Period" | Tsuneo Suzuki |
2000
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| The Current Status and Future Prospects of Official Statistics | Kurotake Arai |
| A Role of Management, Evaluation, and Decisions on Remuneration" | Koichiro Imano |
| Research & Development and Corporate Governance | Tsutomu Miyagawa |
| Significance of Writedown - Business Asset and Pecuniary Claim - | Masaki Yoneyama |
| A Study of the Employment Status of Highly Educated Women | Akira Wakisaka |
1999
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Theoretical / Empirical Study on Dynamic Corporate Model | Taichi Ezawa |
| Concentration / Dispersion Phenomena of Population in Japan (Part 2) - A Regional Economic Study - | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| A Theoretical / Empirical Study on Mini-Profit Center Management System" (continued from previous year) | Hiroshi Miya |
| Cross-National Research into Overseas Strategy of the Petrochemical Industry" (Thailand in particular) | Toshio Nebashi |
1998
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Contract Theory: Past Achievements and the Future Agenda | Shinsuke Kambe |
| A Study on the Creation and Loss of Employment | Yuji Genda |
| Interest Rate Analysis with Neural Network Model | Ken-ichi Tatsumi |
| A Theoretical / Empirical Study on the Mini-Profit Center Management System | Hiroshi Miya |
1997
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Study on the Conceptual Framework and Measurement of Japanese- Style Brand Equity" (continued from previous year) | Yukihiro Aoki |
| A Theoretical / Empirical Study on the Dynamic Corporate Model | Taichi Ezawa |
| Disorder of the Japanese Economy and Management of the Economy in the Late 1980s and Early 1990s" | Hirohiko Okumura |
| Concentration / Dispersion Phenomena of Population in Japan - A Regional Economic Study - | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
1996
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| A Study on the Conceptual Framework and Measurement of Japanese Style Brand Equity | Yukihiro Aoki |
| Comparative Analysis of Enterprise Groups in Japan and Germany - Focusing on the Significance of Corporate Governance - | Akihiro Koyama |
| The Japanese-Style Management System and High Economic Growth | Tsuneo Suzuki |
1995
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Marketing and Price | Takaho Ueda |
| Economic Location and Community Development - A Japan-U.S. Comparison Study" (continued from the previous year) | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| Capital Movements in Japan | Miyako Suda |
1994
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Regional Economic Analysis | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| Japanese-German Research on Corporations and Banks: Empirical Study using Agency Theory | Akihiro Koyama |
| Research on New Securities Market Analysis Methods | Kenichi Tatsumi |
1993
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Technology Transactions of Japanese Companies | Shigeru Asaba |
| Application of Time Series Analysis to Scan Panel Data (Continued) | Takahaho Ueda |
| On the Relations between the Imperial Court, the Shogunate and the Domains in the Edo Period: Focusing on the Tokugawa Shogunate's Taxes on the Domains (Construction of the Kyoto Imperial Palace) and the Dismissal of Tokugawa Muneharu, Lord of the Bishu Domain, by the Eighth Shogun, Yoshimune (Continued) | Shinzaburo Oishi |
1992
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Application of Time Series Analysis to Scan Panel Data | Takahaho Ueda |
| On the Relations between the Imperial Court, the Shogunate, and the Domains in the Edo Period: Focusing on the Tokugawa Shogunate's Taxes on the Domains (Construction of the Kyoto Imperial Palace) and the Dismissal of Tokugawa Muneharu, Lord of the Bishu Domain, by the Eighth Shogun, Yoshimune | Shinzaburo Oishi |
| Research on Securities Investment and Securities Markets (Continued) | Kenichi Tatsumi |
| Quantitative Analysis of Medical Institution and Patient Behaviour | Tsuruhiko Nambu |
| Economic and Political Analysis of the Japan Sea Rim Economic Zone Initiative | Fukutaro Watanabe |
1991
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Research on Securities Investment and Securities Markets | Kenichi Tatsumi |
1990
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Economic Development and Environmental Conservation in Depopulated Areas | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| Competitive Strategies in New Global Industries: A Comparison of Japanese, American and European Companies | Junjiro Shintaku |
| Research on the Structure of Information Diffusion | Michiya Morita |
| Empirical Research on the Impact of the Globalisation of the Japanese Economy on Regional Industries | Fukutaro Watanabe |
1989
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Research on Public Finance and Tax Theory | Yoshitaka Itsumi |
| Analysis of Japanese Corporations over Time | Takashi Uchino |
| A Study of Early Modern Castle Towns: From the Perspective of the Relationship between Towns and Localities | Shinzaburo Oishi |
| The Economic Function of M&A and Its Impact on Japan's Industrial Organisation | Tsuruhiko Nambu |
1988
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Urban Cycle Analysis | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| Empirical Research on the Measurement of Corporate Culture and its Relationship to Performance | Toyohiro Kono |
| Empirical Research on the Relationship between Corporate Ownership and Control Forms and Financial Policy | Akihiro Koyama |
| A Study of the UK's 'Economic Stagnation' | Takeshi Yuzawa |
| Empirical Research on the Impact of Trade Friction and Exchange Rate Fluctuations on Regional Industrial Adjustment and Countermeasures | Fukutaro Watanabe |
1987
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Empirical Research and Methodology for the Effective Use of Scan Panel Data in Management | Takahaho Ueda |
| A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Changes in Japan's 'Business-Government Relations' and Their Impact on Market Competition after the War | Tadahiko Kawai |
| Empirical Research on the Measurement of Corporate Culture and its Relationship to Performance | Toyohiro Kono |
| Economic Analysis of Public Enterprise Regulation: Incentive Compatibility and System Sustainability | Kazuharu Kiyono |
1986
| Project Theme | Principal Investigator |
|---|---|
| Comparative History of Feudal Social Systems | Isao Hojo |
| Demand Forecasting for New Products | Michiya Morita |
| Regional Economic Analysis | Tatsuhiko Kawashima |
| International Comparative Analysis of Economic Friction and Industrial Structure | Fukutaro Watanabe |
| Theoretical and Empirical Research on Innovation and Corporate Behaviour | Taichi Ezawa |
| Economic Analysis of Bureaucracy | Tsuruhiko Nambu |