Research theme for competitive and other funds (3):
2018 - 2022 The results and future research of open innovation after the internationalization of Japanese firms
2014 - 2018 Robustness of intellectual property regime and open innovation strategy
2012 - 2014 Open innovation, organizational design and R&D performance
Papers (6):
Sawada, N. Competitive advantages after the bubble economy in Japan: The view from competitors' imitation and customers' requirement levels (in Japanese). Keiei Sensor (Japan). 2017. 192. March. 24-28
Sawada, N. Creating the business system based on the interaction with competitors and the mismatch with the market needs (in Japanese). Organizational Science (Japan). 2014. 47. 4. 48-70
Sawada, N, Nakamura, H. The difficulty of adjustment of existing business system for the newly emerging segments (in Japanese). Organizational Science (Japan). 2010. 43. 3. 57-71
Strategy in practice: A guide to business analysis
Yuhikaku 2020
Management policy. In Yasumoto, M. & Manabe, S. (Eds), Open innovation strategy
Yuhikaku 2017
Business Strategy. In Suda, T. (Ed) Transition of Japanese strategy: Complementation between business strategy and human resource management
Toyo Keizai 2015
Introduction of MBA for retailers
Diamond, Inc. 2013
Case study. In Takano, K. (Ed) The premises of brilliant organization
Diamond, Inc. 2002
Lectures and oral presentations (15):
Contingency fit between open innovation and product market strategy: Evidence from Japanese firms
(Academy of Management, Virtual conference 2021)
How open innovation accelerates product market strategies: Evidence from Japanese firms
(Association of Japanese Business Studies, Virtual conference 2021)
Industrial cluster and laboratory's knowledge creation
(Asia Academy of Management, Bali, Indonesia. 2019)
Absorbing or leaking critical knowledge
(Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada. 2015)
Internal coordination systems and dynamic capabilities
(European Group for Organizational Studies, Athens, Greece. 2015)