• Industrial Organization 産業組織
  
• Innovation　イノベーション
• Entrepreneurship アントレプレナーシップ
• Competition Policy 競争政策
  

• ``Does New Entry Drive Out Incumbents? The Varying Roles of Establishment Size Across Sectors,'' Small Business Economics, Vol 46, 57-78, January 2016. (with K. Ito)
• ``Does Founders' Human Capital Matter for Innovation? Evidence from Japanese Start-ups,'' Journal of Small Business Management, 53, 114-128, January 2015. (with H. Okamuro and Y. Honjo)
• ``R&D Investment of Start-up Firms: Does Founders' Human Capital Matter?" Small Business Economics, 42, 207-220, February 2014. (with Y. Honjo and H. Okamuro)
  
• ``Development of University Life-Science Programs and University-Industry Joint Research in Japan,'' Research Policy, 41, 939-952, June 2012. (with H. Odagiri)

• ``Numerical Labor Flexibility and Innovation Outcomes of Start-up Firms: A Panel Data Analysis,'' Discussion Paper Series No.146, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, August 2016. (with H. Zhou)
• ``Internal R&D and External Knowledge Acquisition of Start-up Firms: Exploring the Role of Entrepreneurial Human Capital,'' Discussion Paper Series No.145, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, July 2016.
• ``Do Initial Financial Conditions Determine the Fate of Start-up Firms?'' Discussion Paper Series No.139, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, January 2016.　(with Y. Honjo)

- See the page of "Research" and also Google scholar citation and Repec for a list of publications and working papers.

• I have joined the editorial team as Associate Editor at Journal of Small Business Management (JSBM).

• New discussion paper with Dr. Haibo Zhou is out.
• ``Numerical Labor Flexibility and Innovation Outcomes of Start-up Firms: A Panel Data Analysis,'' Discussion Paper Series No.146, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, August 2016. (with H. Zhou)

Last updated: August 4, 2016.