CENTER FOR GLOBAL INNOVATION STUDIES
Established January 2016
Toyo University

Center For Global Innovation Studies’ (GIC)
Mission Statement• Committed to the promotion of innovative

research on innovation, innovative education
for innovators

Toward a Creative Center for
Global Innovation Studies• Creating and establishing a new academic system of

Global Innovation Studies through① innovation research of diverse systems of theinternational economy and society,② development of creative human resources who
contribute for global innovation,③ and making proposals to the international
community for full of vitality and fairness.Research Structure of GIC

1. Innovation researchof diverse systems of
the international
economy and society

2. Develop creative
human resources
who contribute for
global innovation

3. Make a proposal
to the international
community for full ofvitality and fairness

4. Create andestablish a newacademic system of
the Global
Innovation Studies

Strategic Core Project: ‘World Innovation Ranking’Examine in which country innovation is advanced
 Defining terms and Reviewing theories• What is Innovation and Creativity?
• How are Innovation and Creativity measured, and how does it happen?
 A close examination for elements of ranking index and weight• Characteristics and the basic system of the country, Corporate Culture, Mind-set, Ecosystem• The ratio of entrepreneurs graduated from top universities• Generating new business performance of corporation• Index of creative education etc
 Organizing a committee of ranking index development• Setting up the system• Corporation with external think tank to deploy their information resources and expertise Corporation with international universities and research institutions• University of Strasbourg（Economics and Management of Innovation/ Evolutionary Economics）• Montreal HEC (Management of Creativity in an Innovation Society）• University Catholic of Lille（Experimental Economics/ Creativity research in Behavioral Economics）• Research expansion to Silicon Valley, Singapore and more

Challenges
to develop
theventureecosystem

Environment developed by culture and history*It does not change radically, however it needs constant effort to change the environment
Population composition
Japan: One-race nation which has aging problem
The U.S: Global and multi-racial nation
Spiritual Climate
Japan: ‘the nail that sticks out gets hammered in’
The U.S: ‘Successful people earn money and honor’, ‘failure teaches success’Environment that can be change Intentionally*Consensus for developing human resource by training and education
Improve corporation related schools such as universities, graduate schools and special schools(Business schools)
Develop professionals such as lawyers, accountants and consultants
Develop venture capitalist who can deal with hands on equity
Corporation between corporations and academics
Monetary, Financial and Taxation system as a social system*Sharing policy challenges with government, corporations and academics
Deregulation to provide venture capital such as universalities and pension
Expansion of the Angel training system by taxation system
Maintain the tools such as Stock option and classified stock
Improve portabilization in pension
Ishii Masazumi CEO at AZCA. (2012).‘To vitalize Venture ecosystem from the Silicon Valley’s view point’Projects and a Network of GIC throughInnovation Ranking
Creating Innovation ranking

Expansion of①range of reach base to overseas②Network among domestic andInternational corporations and research
institutions.
Define challenges through creating ranking and taking a survey ,and develop it to a core project. Accumulate the achievements
and results obtained from cooperation with externals , and publish
them.

Cooperate with international researchers including Asia, and obtain human resource for
global corporations and private funds for the GIC.
Give feedbacks on a range of research in a seminar at Otemachi Campus.

A Procedure of GIC Projects

Ecosystem of Global
Innovation

Huma Resource for Innovation
and Creativity• Comparison of Innovation
Ecosystem• Publishing development of
the World Innovation
Ranking• International cooperation
research on measurement ofInnovation, measurement ofCreativity• International comparison of teaching
management of creativity and humanresource for innovation• Incubate and support entrepreneurs,and hold research seminar of world
innovators• Career support for international andJapanese students throughcooperation with research institutions,corporations and internationalorganizations（（including GINOS,GINOS graduate school））

Contributions and proposals toInternational society andcorporations• Explore and support the emerging
market, research on Frugal
Innovation, and contribute tostrategy for global corporations• Implementation of UN SDG scheme
based in Asia（（cooperation withPPP school））• Research on European Union-Asia
Pacific dialogue (ERASMUS+ Jean
Monnet Program Now Accepting)

Develop Global
Innovation Study
Establish aposition as theworld center ofglobal innovation

Global Innovation Network Expanding to Overseas
University ofStrasbourg,
Montreal HEC

Drucker School(California)

University ofDeusto(under planning））

INSEAD Singapore,
NUS Lee Kuan Yew
SchoolUniversity Catholicof Lille(under planning)

Brazil, Vietnam, South
Korea and more
(Planning to expand)Challenges for Asiaand the World in the21st Century

Management ofCreativity in an
Innovation Society

Impact of IoT,
Robotics and AI on
Employment

Build a network and conducts co-projects with young excellent researchers(planning 5 members) as the Center for Global Innovation in Asia
European UnionAsia Pacificdialogue (ERASMUS)

Sustainable
Development Goalsand CSRGlobal Open Innovation Ecosystem (GOIE)
based on GIC and GINOSGICGINOS
GraduateSchoolGINOSStrengthen the Foundation by Diverse
Budget of the Center
The general budget
from the university

Grants-in-aid for Scientific
Research (Kakenhi) andInternational Research Grants(Kakenhi・・Erasmus+ (applyingfor ) Jean Monnet））

Diversification ofthe budget for theCenter

Private funds and subsidies*Abraaj (continuing) andTeam Spirit(negotiating)Social cooperation Seminars anddonated Seminars(restoration of researchachievements））

（1）Proposes of the Project Scheme
Purposes•

Create/establish a new academic system of Global Innovation Studies throughinnovation research of diverse systems of the international economy and society,development of creative human resources who contribute for global innovation, andmaking proposals to the international community for full of vitality and fairness.

•Establish a position as the world center/think-tank of global innovation, and fulfill
the pioneering role in SGU at Toyo University.

Mission Statement•”Committed to the promotion of innovative research on innovation, innovativeeducation for innovators”•

Building a cutting–edge research system by cooperating with internationallyprominent universities and research institutions towards unveiling the various
systems of innovative infrastructure, production techniques, corporation governance,developing human resources, monetary system and communication in the world.

（2）Goals
Establish a position as the world center for Global Innovation Research• Develop Innovation Research with international universities and institutions• Create the World Innovation Ranking• Contribution from Japan to Global Innovation(Explore the emerging market, researching on reverse Innovation)•Develop Innovation Ecosystem and human resource for innovation(Conduct a practical education programme)

Demonstrate the messages by Robert Zoellick• ‘Resilience and flexibility of Japanese economy’ and ‘Young people’s
responsiveness to technological evolution’ over the next fiscal year (2018)• Make proposals for Labour system reform, developing human resource reformconsidering the rapid development in AI and IoT

（3）Details of Our Scheme
Develop a new research ecosystem: GOIE (Global Open Innovation
Ecosystem)
Hold constant research seminars such as investments in the emerging marketand progress reporting seminars for externals.
• Encourage enterprises and society to join in the Center’s activities (e.g. aquestionnaire survey to enterprises).
• Build a network with researchers in and out of Asia, and hire contracted ResearchAssistant.
• Provide an educational developing innovativeness and entrepreneurshipprogramme for corporations and society.
•Develop a new education system
Cooperate GINOS and GINOS graduate school under planning at Department ofInternational Studies with both domestic and international prominent universities
and research institutions.
• Cooperate with PPP school at Toyo University for SDGs, and also throughDepartment of PPP Promotion, cooperate with UN institutions promoting SDGs.
• Now considering to work with INIAD and to join Center for The Fourth Industrial
Revolution （World Economy Forum).
• Focus on accumulating research next year to prepare for the International
Symposium in 2019.
•

（4）Evaluation and Reporting ApproachesHigh objectivity in the evaluation of the Center••Improve the existing external evaluation committee.
Encourage members of the evaluation committee to commit to the Center’s
governance.

Approaches
Build a participative and flat governance structure and a creative researchecosystem.
• Towards flexible and diverse organization system, cooperate with GINOS
graduate school and accept excellent international students.
• Innovate and introduce a new governance by sharing information andcooperating numerous players related to the Center through the Board ofVisitors.
• Obtain external funds to hold numerous research sessions of the series of theworld innovators, to establish a support committee and to seek possibility of
external commissioned research and incubation funds.
 All comes back to the realization of performance indicators・ transparency inapproaches•A Proposal towards Cooperation withthe World Economic Forum: Center For the FourthIndustrial Revolution• Reverse (Frugal) Innovation• Appropriate and acceptable innovation in the Emerging market• International comparison of Ecosystem• Middle Ground in Silicon valley, Pipe Line in Montreal• Developing human resource for Management of Creativity• Research and develop the network of Schools in management ofcreativity• Project finance in the Emerging Market• Hold seminars with Abraaj

WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
CENTER FOR THE FOURTH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION• The Center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution is a hub for global,

multi-stakeholder cooperation to develop policy frameworks andadvance collaborations that accelerate the benefits of science andtechnology.
• Participation in the Center’s projects is reserved for governments,

companies, start-ups, academic institutions, civil society,international organizations, and experts with the scale andambition to shape the trajectory of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
• Our team of future-forward minds collaborate closely with a wide

variety of partners to ensure our projects drive maximum impact.

AGENDA１• Develop an ecosystem for innovative research• Obtain a variety of external funds• Strengthen the cooperation through constant sessions for enterprises

and society• Incubation Center and Incubation Fund
• Establish the Global Open Innovation Ecosystem• Social cooperation Seminars and donated Seminars considering thecooperation with GINOS・GINOS graduate school• Prepare participative programme where excellent students can give apresentation• Build a participative and flat governance structure of the Center

AGENDA２•

Hold constant original research seminars by GIC with people andorganizations in and outside of university•

Deploy and hire contracted research assistants•Accepting 5 young international research assistants based in Asia••

Consideration of the external evaluation committee system••

Set-up the Board of Visitors

Preparation for a symposium in 2019 (under consideration ofcandidates)•••

Also young Japanese research partners to build an international support network

Frugal Innovation, support and explore the emerging market
International comparison of ecosystem（Silicon valley, Montreal, Singapore, Europeand Brazil）

Cooperate with INIAD including holding a symposium