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2019年9月27日開催 企業研究所公開研究会(シンポジウム)開催報告

2019年09月27日

2019年9月27日(金) シンポジウムを開催しました。

【テーマ】Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Finance: New Growth Avenues in Developed    

      Economies      

【日 時】 2019年9月27日(金)9:50~17:20

【場   所】 経済産業省別館11階

       独立行政法人経済産業研究所会議室会議室1121号室

【要 旨】

Can small businesses and start-ups adapt to changing environments, while faced with the 

current paradigm shift in corporate financing? In this seminar, prominent professors from

foreign business schools and Japanese universities present their recent research to discuss

new methods of financing small businesses, including crowdfunding and blockchains. We

will provide new insights into new growth avenues for entrepreneurship, innovation, and

finance, in addition to their interactions towards the future growth of firms and industries,

which could be an important clue to establishing an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Japan.

 

 

 

Session 1 : Financial Systems in Japan

Chair: Hikaru Fukanuma (Japan Finance Corporation)

[1] Roles of the public credit guarantee system and regional financial institutions in

supporting startup firms: Evidence from a survey by the Aichi Credit Guarantee Corporation

Presenter: Nobuyoshi Yamori (RIETI/Kobe University)

Discussant: Kaoru Hosono (RIETI/Gakushuin University)

[2] Lease financing in Japanese firms

Presenter: Takashi Hatakeda (Kobe University)

Discussant: Daisuke Tsuruta (Nihon University)

 

Session 2: Start-up Finance

Chair: Hidenori Takahashi (Nagoya University)

[3] Do Japanese venture capitalists support the internationalization of their portfolio companies?

Presenter: Kazuo Yamada (Ritsumeikan University)

Discussant: Armin Schwienbacher (Skema Business School)

[4] The impact of entrepreneurial human capital on the choice of initial funding:

Evidence from a questionnaire survey in Japan

 

Presenter: Charee Kwak (Kyoto University)

Discussant: Gregory F. Udell (Kelley School of Business)

 

 Session 3: Role of Venture Capital and Corporations for Innovation

Chair: Keiko Ito (Chuo University)

[5] Communities of investors and start-up companies: An analysis using bipartite stochastic

block modelPresenter: Daisuke Miyakawa (Hitotsubashi University)

Discussant: Fabio Bertoni (Emlyon Business School)

[6] The role of business group in spawning innovative firms

Presenter: YoungGak Kim (Senshu University)

Discussant: Yoichiro Nishimura (Chuo University)

 

Session 4: Role of Universities and Angel Investors for Innovation

Chair: Shoko Haneda (Chuo University)

[7] University startup as a source of employment growth? Empirical analysis using

economic census data of Japan

Presenter: Kenta Ikeuchi (RIETI)

Discussant: Koichiro Onishi (Waseda University)

[8] Potentiality and actuality: Characteristics and linkage of entrepreneurs and angel

investors in Japan

Presenter: Hiroki Nakamura (Chuo University)

Discussant: Hiroyuki Okamuro (RIETI/Hitotsubashi University)

 

Closing Address

Presenter: Sadao Nagaoka (RIETI/Tokyo Keizai University)