• Innovation イノベーション
• Entrepreneurship アントレプレナーシップ

• ``Numerical Labor Flexibility and Innovation Outcomes of Start-up Firms: A Panel Data Analysis,''  Technovation, Vol. 69, 15-27, January 2018. (with H. Zhou)
• ``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)
• ``Entrepreneurial Human Capital and the Survival of New Firms in High- and Low-Tech Sectors,'' Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol 25, 925-957, November 2015. (with Y. Honjo)
  
• ``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)

• ``Founders’ human capital and external knowledge sourcing: An absorptive capacity perspective for innovative start-ups,'' R&R.
  
• ``Does patenting always help new-firm survival?,'' Discussion Paper Series No. 159, School of Economics, Kwansei Gakuin University, May 2017. (with K. Onishi and Y. Honjo) R&R
  
• ``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) [submitted]
  

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

• Editorial Board Member, Management Review Quarterly (April 2018 - present)．
• Editorial Review Board Member, Small Business Economics (September 2017 - present)
• Associate Editor, Journal of Small Business Management (September 2016 - present)