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Ph.D (Engineering) (The University of Tokyo)
Details of the Researcher
Research History 6
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2026/05 - PresentTohoku University Professor
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2026/04 - PresentTohoku University Graduate School of Economics and Management Professor
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2024/04 - 2026/03Tohoku University Associate Professor
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2020/04 - 2024/03Japan University of Economics Associate Professor
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2016/04 - 2020/03National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
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2015/04 - 2016/03Osaka University Osaka School of International Public Policy Assistant Professor
Education 2
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The University of Tokyo Faculty of Economics
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The University of Tokyo The Graduate School of Engineering Department of Technology Management for innovation
Committee Memberships 6
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Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management Editorial Board Member, Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management
2021/04 - Present
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Intellectual Property Association of Japan Editorial Board Member, Intellectual Property Association of Japan
2021/04 - Present
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JWSE Director
2019/04 - Present
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Research Policy and Innovation Management Chair of the Editorial Board, Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management
2024/01 - 2025/01
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IIP Committee Member, "Survey on the Role of Japan's Intellectual Property System in the Economy," Japan Patent Office / Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP)
2022/08 - 2023/03
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METI Advisor, "Fact-Finding Survey Project on Technology Outflow via Human Resources," Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2020/04 - 2022/03
Professional Memberships 4
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Academy of Management
2026/04 - Present
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THE ACADEMIC ASSOCIATION FOR ORGANIZATIONAL SCIENCE
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THE JAPAN SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH POLICY AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION OF JAPAN
Research Interests 4
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Globalization
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Innovation
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Talent Mobility
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Human Mobility
Research Areas 1
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Humanities & social sciences / Business administration /
Awards 1
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The Alex Gofman Best Paper Award
2025/06 The ISPIM Innovation Conference 2025 The Dynamics of International Talent Mobility and Knowledge Spillovers — Career Trajectories and Cross-Country Gaps in the Semiconductor Industry
Papers 32
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THE DYNAMICS OF INTERNATIONAL TALENT MOBILITY AND KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS: CAREER TRAJECTORIES AND CROSS-COUNTRY GAPS IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY
AYANO FUJIWARA
International Journal of Innovation Management 2025/12
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919625400171
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Who Leads in Immigrant Engineer Innovation? The Shift from Developed to Developing Countries Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Journal of the Knowledge Economy 2025/03/20
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLCDOI: 10.1007/s13132-025-02691-z
eISSN: 1868-7873
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Analyzing the Acceptance of Foreign Engineers Using Patent Data: Acquisition of Highly Skilled Foreign Talent and Innovation
Patent 77 (8) 2024
ISSN: 0287-4954
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Highly Skilled Foreign Engineer Innovation in Developed Countries: Evidence from Patent Data Analysis in Japan
Ayano Fujiwara
CSRDA Discussion Paper, 67, Center for Social Research and Data Archives, The University of Tokyo. (67) 2023/12
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An Empirical Analysis of the Determinants of International Mobility in University Researcher Team Units: Influence of Researchers’ Networks on Their Relocation Patterns Invited
藤原綾乃
Organizational Science 56 (4) 2023/06
ISSN: 0286-9713
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An empirical analysis of the impact of semiconductor engineer characteristics on outflows and inflows: evidence from six major semiconductor countries
Ayano Fujiwara
SN Business & Economics 3 (6) 2023/05/04
DOI: 10.1007/s43546-023-00470-z
eISSN: 2662-9399
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Effective Recruitment of Engineers From Other Companies: Whether to Pull Individuals or Teams?
Ayano Fujiwara, Toshiya Watanabe
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 19 (3) 2022/05/01
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877021400162
ISSN: 0219-8770
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Impact of the COVID-19 Outbreak on Engineers' Mobility: Evidence from Patent Data in the Semiconductor Industry
Ayano Fujiwara
International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management 387-404 2022
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877022420032
ISSN: 0219-8770
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Who is Generating New Innovations? : An Analysis of Blockchain Engineers
Ayano Fujiwara
2020 6th IEEE International Conference on Information Management, ICIM 2020 289-294 2020/03
DOI: 10.1109/ICIM49319.2020.244713
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When can academic researchers rest? :An Event History Analysis on Researchers’ Research Productivity and Promotion in Academia in Japan Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Open Review of Educational Research 5 (1) 128-142 2018/11
Publisher: Informa {UK} LimitedDOI: 10.1080/23265507.2018.1546552
eISSN: 2326-5507
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Researcher Mobility and Innovation: The Effect of Researcher Mobility on Organizational R&D Performance: Researcher Mobility and Innovation in the Emerging Nations' Companies Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Asian Culture and History 10 (2) 36-44 2018/05
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An Analysis of the Impact of Research Publication Gaps on Academic Promotion
Ayano Fujiwara
NISTEP Discussion Paper (155) 2018/03
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Current Status and Challenges of Female Faculty Members
Ayano Fujiwara
IDE: Modern Higher Education (10月号) 2017/10
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The effect of employing knowledge workers from technologically advanced countries: The knowledge spillover caused by the mobility of knowledge workers in electronic industries in Asia Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal 2 (3) 1342-1349 2017/08
DOI: 10.25046/aj0203169
eISSN: 2415-6698
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Interview with President Mariko Hasegawa of SOKENDAI: Initiatives for Balancing Deep Expertise with a Broad Perspective, and a More Natural Image of Society Revealed by Evolutionary Anthropology
Akaike, S., Kobayashi, Y., Fujiwara, A.
STI Horizon 3 (2) 4-8 2017/06/25
Publisher:DOI: 10.15108/stih.00077
ISSN: 2189-8693
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Who Works at the Interface in Knowledge Spillover Across Organizational Boundaries? Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
The Review of Socionetwork Strategies 11 (1) 1-17 2017/06
DOI: 10.1007/S12626-017-0005-2
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“Suggestions to cultivation of human resources forward a revolutionary era - Considerations on a co-organized survey with Japan Association of New Economy -”
Kumi Okuwada, Kazuhisa Shinmura, Ayano Fujiwara, Hitoshi Koshiba
2017/06
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The knowledge spillover resulting from the mobility of knowledge workers
Ayano Fujiwara
2017 6th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management, ICITM 2017 181-191 2017/05/02
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.DOI: 10.1109/ICITM.2017.7917918
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Knowledge management using external knowledge
Ayano Fujiwara, Toshiya Watanabe
International Journal of Innovation Management 21 (4) 2017/05/01
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte LtdDOI: 10.1142/S1363919617500311
ISSN: 1363-9196
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KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT USING EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara, Toshiya Watanabe
International Journal of Innovation Management 21 (4) 17500_1-17500_36 2017/04
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A Study on University Reforms and the Expansion of Faculty Diversity: An Event History Analysis of Researcher Attributes and Promotion
Ayano Fujiwara
NISTEP Discussion Paper 2017/03
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The Knowledge Spillover Resulting from the Mobility of Knowledge Workers Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
2017 6TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT (ICITM) 181-191 2017
DOI: 10.1109/ICITM.2017.7917918
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Talent Mobility and Innovation: An Analysis of Inventors Relocating to Emerging Economies
Ayano Fujiwara
Proceedings of the Academic Association for Organizational Science 5 (2) 26-32 2016/12
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The effect of Research-Unit Member Diversity on R&D Performance: A case study of foreign employees in Korea’s electronics industry. Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Proceedings of R&D Management Conference 2016, University of Cambridge 2016/07
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Mobility of Engineers
Ayano Fujiwara
Transactions of the Academic Association for Organizational Science 5 (2), 26-32 5 (2) 26-32 2016
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The Future of Intellectual Property-Backed Lending: Intellectual Asset Management in SMEs and Financial Institutions Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Patent 68 (5) 90-99 2015/05
Publisher: 日本弁理士会ISSN: 0287-4954
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Interpersonal Outflow and Acquisition of Technical Information: An Empirical Analysis of the Distance Between Technology and Inventors
Ayano Fujiwara, Toshiya Watanabe
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Association of Japan 12th ROMBUNNO.2H12 2014/11/29
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Corporate R&D in Emerging Economies: Acquisition of Highly Skilled Talent
Ayano Fujiwara, Toshiya Watanabe
研究・技術計画学会年次学術大会講演要旨集(CD-ROM) 29 922-927 2014/10/18
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The effect of researcher mobility on organizational R&D performance: researcher mobility and innovation
Ayano Fujiwara
IAM Discussion Paper Series 32 2014/05
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The Effect of Researcher Mobility on organizational R&D performance Peer-reviewed
Ayano Fujiwara
Proceedings of The 6th ISPIM Innovation Symposium, Australia, Melbourne 2013/12
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Analysis on Intellectual Property information by social network theory
渡部 俊也, 小林 徹, 藤原 綾乃
Japio year book 218-220 2013
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Corporate R&D in Emerging Economies: Acquisition of Highly Skilled Talent (Management of Technology (Strategy / R&D Management) (4))
Ayano Fujiwara, Toshiya Watanabe
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management 10th ROMBUNNO.2D9 2012
Misc. 7
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Data-Driven Insights into Gender Equality Challenges in Japan Invited
Ayano Fujiwara
Trends in Sciences 12月号 36-41 2019/12
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Asahi Shimbun (Morning Economic Edition, Column): "The Downfall of the Electronics Industry: Engineers Who Crossed the Ocean"
Ayano Fujiwara
2018/10
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The Nikkei Interview: "The Outflow of 1,000 Top Engineers"
Ayano Fujiwara
2017/10
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Asahi Shimbun (Morning Science Edition): "Female Researchers face Low Promotion Rates to Professor"
2017/05
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The Nikkei Interview: "Risks of Information Leakage in the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal vs. POSCO Lawsuit"
2015/10
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Intellectual Property Systems and Corporate R&D: An Empirical Analysis of Technology Leakage via Human Mobility
2014
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The University of Tokyo PARI Relay Column: "Inventor Mobility from Japan to Emerging Economies"
The University of Tokyo, Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI) Relay Column 2013/09
Books and Other Publications 4
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The Anatomy of Technology Outflow: How Engineers Moved Globally
Hakuto Shobo 2016/02
ISBN: 4561266682
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Global Dynamics of Technology Acquisition: Pathways to Japanese Corporate Revitalization Driven by Cross-Border Talent Mobility
Ayano Fujiwara
2025/07/07
ISBN: 4561268006
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Trends in Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Ecosystems, Digital Technologies and Responses to Shocks
Alexander Brem, iversity of Stuttgar, Germany, Jin Chen, Tsinghua University, Chin
World Scientific 2023/07
ISBN: 9789811273285
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Global Public Ethics and Social Innovation
Ayano Fujiwara
Kaneko Shobo 2018/03
ISBN: 9784760824175
Presentations 42
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Timing and Context in Global Talent Mobility: Career Stage, Institutional Distance, and Innovation Outcomes @the JIBS Paper Development Workshop
Ayano Fujiwara
EIBA 2025 (Athens, Greece) 2025/12/10
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Innovation Driven by Diversity: Data-Driven Keys to Japanese Corporate Revitalization
Ayano Fujiwara
EAJ (The Engineering Academy of Japan) Policy Recommendation Committee Project Symposium 2025/12/06
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Measuring Institutional Learning in Talent Attraction: Why “Where You Go” Matters for Engineers’ Success
Ayano Fujiwara
ISPIM Yokohama 2025/12/03
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Management Beyond Distance: What Happens to Firms When Talent and Technology Cross Borders
Ayano Fujiwara
The 42nd Keiwa-kai Exchange Seminar 2025/11/22
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Impact of International University - Industry Collaboration Experience on Innovation Outcomes
Ayano Fujiwara
ISPIM Osaka 2024/12/04
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SHIFT IN INNOVATION DRIVERS: BREAKTHROUGH BY ENGINEERS FROM E7, NOT G7
Ayano Fujiwara
Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge (ACIEK) SORBONNE 2024 2024/06/04
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Relationship between changes in human networks in engineers and innovation be-fore and after Covid-19 : Social Network Analysis of Employee Ties
Ayano Fujiwara
R&D management Conference 2023 (Seville, Spain) 2023/07/21
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“Event History Analysis of the Impact of Overseas Research Experience on Researchers’ Careers” Invited
Ayano Fujiwara
Global Mobility for Early Career Researchers in Post-pandemic World 2023/01/27
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Learning by hiring team units
Ayano Fujiwara
ISPIM ATHENS 2022 2022/11/29
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Current status and research subjects of international industry-academia collaborative research
Yukiko Murakami, Anna Araki, Akihiro Suzuki, Ayano Fujiwara
The Max Planck Institutes: Innovation & Entrepreneurship Seminar 2021/10/20
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Analysis of the impact of COVID-19 on the international mobility of engineers
Ayano Fujiwara
R&D management Conference 2021/07
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"Effective recruitment of ENGINEERS from other companies : Whether to pull individuals or teams? "
Ayano Fujiwara
Academy of Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Knowledge 2021/06
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Who is Generating New Innovations? :An Analysis of Blockchain Engineers
Ayano Fujiwara
ICIM2020 2020/05
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Data-Driven Insights into Japan's Challenges for Gender Equality 2.0
Ayano Fujiwara
Public Symposium "Perspectives on SDGs from Gender Equality 2.0: A Bridge" 2019/07/04
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Event history analysis on researcher attributes Invited
Ayano Fujiwara
RIHE Open Seminar “Understanding female academics in Japan: current status and challenges in social context”/ 25 January 2019 2019/01/25
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Working as a Researcher: Career Paths and Societal Impact Invited
Ayano Fujiwara
Kyoto University Academic Day 2018 Panel Discussion 2018/09/22
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The Anatomy of Technology Outflow: Data Analysis on the Mobility of Engineers
Ayano Fujiwara
JST/CRDS Fellow Meeting 2018/09/18
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The Anatomy of Technology Outflow: Engineers Who Relocated to Asia
Ayano Fujiwara
Gijutsu Doyukai Table Talk 2018/09/14
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Engineers Who Relocated to Asian Firms: Between Technology Outflow and Acquisition
Ayano Fujiwara
JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency) PR Cafe 2018/02/22
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An Event History Analysis of Researcher Attributes and Promotion
Ayano Fujiwara
The 10th Policy Research Review Seminar 2017/12/15
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Current Status and Challenges in Promoting the Advancement of Female Researchers: An Empirical Analysis Using a Researcher Database
Ayano Fujiwara
The 32nd Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management 2017/10/28
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The effects of policies for gender equality in Japanese academia: Empirical analysis using researcher database International-presentation
Ayano Fujiwara
GS10 (Gender Summit Asia-Pacific 10) 2017/05/25
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The knowledge spillover resulting from the mobility of knowledge workers International-presentation
Ayano Fujiwara
The 6th International Conference on Industrial Technology and Management (ICITM 2017) 2017/03
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Case of empirical study on IPR
Fujiwara Ayano
International IPR Management 2016 2016/12/12
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Data Analysis on the Active Participation and Status of Female Researchers
Ayano Fujiwara
Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management 2016/11/09
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Talent Mobility and Innovation: An Analysis of Inventors Relocating to Emerging Economies Invited
Ayano Fujiwara
2017 Annual Conference of the Academic Association for Organizational Science 2016/10/06
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The Anatomy of Technology Outflow: How Engineers Moved Globally
Ayano Fujiwara
Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management, Sub-committee Meeting 2016/07/20
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Migration of Engineers
Ayano Fujiwara
Strategic Task Force Seminar 2016/07/09
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The effect of Research-Unit Member Diversity on R&D Performance: A case study of foreign employees in Korea’s electronics industry. International-presentation
Fujiwara Ayano
2016/07/06
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The Global Migration of Japanese Engineers: Micro-Patterns and Strategic Realities Invited
Ayano Fujiwara
Association for the Promotion of Trade Secret Protection Lecture 2016/06/03
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Applications of Network Analysis for Tracking Knowledge and Talent Flows
Ayano Fujiwara
Special Guest Lecture @ University of Tokyo 2015/08
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Navigating the Nexus of Technology Outflow and Catch-up Acquisition
Ayano Fujiwara
University of Tokyo, Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI) Seminar 2015/07
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Interpersonal Outflow and Acquisition of Technical Information: An Empirical Analysis of the Distance Between Technology and Inventors
Ayano Fujiwara
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Association of Japan 2014/11
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Corporate R&D in Emerging Economies: Acquisition of Highly Skilled Talent
Ayano Fujiwara
Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Science Policy and Research Management 2014/10
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Global Corporate Strategy and R&D Management in Emerging Markets
Ayano Fujiwara
Watanabe Laboratory Seminar, The University of Tokyo 2014/09
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Technological Catch-up and the Strategic Role of Talent Mobility
Ayano Fujiwara
University of Tokyo, Policy Alternatives Research Institute (PARI) Research Briefing 2014/08
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Intellectual Property Systems and Corporate R&D: An Empirical Analysis of Technology Leakage via Human Mobility
Ayano Fujiwara
Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) Research Results Presentation 2014/03
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The Effect of Researcher Mobility on organizational R&D performance International-presentation
Ayano Fujiwara
2013/12
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Corporate R&D Dynamics and Intellectual Property Systems
Ayano Fujiwara
Institute of Intellectual Property (IIP) Research Fellow Interim Progress Report Meeting 2013/09
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The Strategic Intersection of Technology Outflow and Knowledge Acquisition
Ayano Fujiwara
Watanabe Laboratory Special Seminar, The University of Tokyo 2013/08
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The Role of Intellectual Property in Monetizing Innovation: A Comparative Study of R&D in Emerging Economies between Japanese and Korean Firms
Ayano Fujiwara
Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Intellectual Property Association of Japan 2012/12
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The Dynamics of International Talent Mobility and Knowledge Spillovers — Career Trajectories and Cross-Country Gaps in the Semiconductor Industry
Ayano Fujiwara
ISPIM Innovation Conference 2025 2025/06/17
Research Projects 4
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An Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Spillovers Associated with Team-Based Talent Mobility
Offer Organization: JSPS
System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2023/04 - 2028/03
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Human Resources in International University-Industry Collaboration: Career Paths and Research Environments
Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Institution: Waseda University
2021/04 - 2025/03
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An Empirical Analysis of Barriers to Knowledge Spillovers Driven by Talent Mobility in Asia Competitive
Offer Organization: JSPS
2019/04 - 2023/03
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An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Impact of Technology Outflow through Human Resource Outflow Competitive
Ayano Fujiwara
Offer Organization: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
System: Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Institution: National Institute of Science and Technology Policy
2016/04/01 - 2020/03/31
Teaching Experience 7
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Technology and Management Daiichi Institute of Technology
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Seminar Japan University of Economics
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Seminar Japan University of Economics
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Management and Organization Theory. Japan University of Economics
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International IPR Management 2016 The University of Tokyo
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Ethics of Global Public Policy and Innovation II Osaka University
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Ethics of Global Public Policy and Innovation I Osaka University
Media Coverage 6
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Vulnerabilities in Corporate Activities and Higher Education: Three Major Risks of Technology Outflow
Nikkei Business (Special Feature, Part 2)
2022/12/02
Type: Newspaper, magazine
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Kansai Hot Line
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
2022/07/22
Type: TV or radio program
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Asahi Shimbun (Morning Economic Edition, Column): "The Downfall of the Electronics Industry: Engineers Who Crossed the Ocean"
Asahi Shimbun
2018/10/23
Type: Newspaper, magazine
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The Nikkei Interview: "The Outflow of 1,000 Top Engineers"
The Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
2017/10/07
Type: Newspaper, magazine
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Asahi Shimbun (Morning Science Edition): "Female Researchers face Low Promotion Rates to Professor"
Asahi Shimbun
2017/05/11
Type: Newspaper, magazine
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The Nikkei Interview: "Risks of Information Leakage in the Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal vs. POSCO Lawsuit"
The Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun)
2015/10/01
Type: Newspaper, magazine
Academic Activities 2
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Reviewer, Research-Technology Management (RTM)
2025 -
Activity type: Peer review
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Reviewer, Academy of Management Annual Meeting (AOM)
2024 -
Activity type: Peer review