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

• ``Founders’ Human Capital and External Knowledge Sourcing: Exploring the Absorptive Capacity of Start-up Firms,'' Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Vol 29, 184-205, January 2020.
• ``Do Initial Financial Conditions Determine the Exit Routes of Start-up Firms?'' (with Y. Honjo), Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Vol 29, 1119–1147, June 2019. (with Y. Honjo)
  
• ``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)

• ``Trademarks as an Indicator of Regional Innovation: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures,'' (with J. Block, C. Fisch, and K. Ikeuchi), submitted.
  
• ``Growth Paths and Routes to Exit: ‘Shadow of Death’ Effects for New Firms in Japan,'' (with A. Coad), submitted.
  
• ``Does patenting always help new-firm survival?,''  (with K. Onishi and Y. Honjo), submitted.
  

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

• Associate Editor, Journal of the International Council for Small Business (January 2020 - present)
  
• 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)