We empirically examine the distribution of bargaining power between buyers and sellers on the biotechnology markets by estimating the extracted surplus in alliance agreements, which depends on each party's bargaining power. The results show that buyers have extracted more surplus than sellers....

This study analyzes a diffusion pattern of IPTV (Internet Protocol TV), based on TAM (Technology Acceptance Model). RIETI conducted a household survey of IPTV to understand factors behind advancement of "digital conversion" of Internet and broadcasting services in Japan. The results of this...

Amid the collapse of Japan's bubble economy and the intensification of international competition in the 1990s, Japanese companies made steady progress in launching operations overseas. It is thought that companies engaging in global activity increase their productivity at company level through...

Among IT industries in Japan, the productivity of the software industry is reputed to be lower than that of the hardware industry. This could be attributable to the relatively high proportion of labor-intensive, custom-made software it produces and to the preponderance of SMEs and the consequent...

Dominance of in-house research and development (R&D) by large companies has been cited as a major characteristic of Japan's innovation system. In the face of intensifying global competition in innovation, and the growing complexity and sophistication of R&D, more and more companies are looking...

Using survey data of licensing activities of Japanese firms, this paper studies the interaction between patenting and multiple contracting and their effects on license revenues for large and small licensors. We find that small firms are more likely to license their technologies to multiple...

This paper analyzes the role of university research in industrial innovation by different phases of the technology life cycle (TLC) and by patent analysis of solar cell technology. It is found that, in the early phase of TLC, the role of academic research is to broaden the technology scope to...

Entrepreneurship activities are low in Japan, and it is often discussed that possible reasons are the lack of venture capital and a rigid labor market. However, it is rare to find a study that analyzes the human capital aspect of entrepreneurs based on a large scale sample survey. In this study,...

This publication is in Japanese. Neither an English translation of the publication nor an English abstract is available.

This publication is in Japanese. Neither an English translation of the publication nor an English abstract is available.