Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies,
Waseda University
Abstract of Doctoral Dissertation
Visualization Model of Intellectual Property Factors:
A Spatial Expression Method and Its Implications
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Suguru TAMURA
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December 2013
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Abstract
The purpose of this dissertation is to study the visual expression of the relationships among intellectual property (IP) factors. Among the various IP factors, the role of standards is changing rapidly, especially after the development of information and communication technology (ICT) in the 21st century. To see and understand the detailed effects of standardization, it is necessary to develop a visual expression system.
Further, such a system is necessary for studying the information conveyed by standards and their defining characteristics; this will help to elucidate the nature of standardization.
As part of this dissertation, research was conducted that includes factual analysis, statistical analysis, and a case study; the results of these efforts is the creation of a proposed spatial expression methodology for studying standardization and a discussion of its application.
In Chapter 1, an introductory explanation of this research is provided. In Chapter 2, the policy environment is examined and the changing role and importance of standards are explained. Changes in the regulatory framework, which pertain to the rules in the World Trade Organization Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, are described. These changes in the regulatory framework and the unification and transformation of the global market are key reasons why standardization has increased in
importance in recent years. Industrial society has become a part of global society. Products are now transported beyond national borders, and product markets in different countries and regions are merging rapidly and becoming part of a single global market. After the 1995 World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement of Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT), national industrial standardization strategies have focused more on the international de jure standards. This agreement became more important after China joined the WTO because the economic market regulated by TBT rules became much larger than before.
Because of the regulatory framework transformation, de jure standards are currently more important. To deal with the transformation, the Japanese government proposed a policy strategy aimed at 1) improving corporate managers’ awareness of standardization activities; 2) supporting standards proposals to international committee; 3) developing human resources for international standardization activities;
4) strengthening ties with Asia Pacific nations; and 5) taking appropriate action in response to other countries’ standard setting and technology regulation.
In Chapter 3, basic research is compared with applied and development research in terms of standardization activities, and the policy implications of these results are discussed.
In Chapter 4, the relationship between research and development (R&D) and standardization in ICT services in high-technology industries in Japan is discussed.
In Chapter 5, a case study of an IP organization in a Chinese corporation is presented. In this case study, the characteristics of standardization activities are described and detailed.
In Chapter 6, the spatial visualization of the relationships among three factors—standardization-related activities, IP-related activities, and R&D activities—is studied. Results are shown in a triangle-shaped model, which uses the notion of “distance” between these factors. For the electric machinery industry in Japan, the three factors form a triangle.
The shape of the triangle reflects the level of standardization activities.
In Chapter 7, the conclusions of the dissertation are presented. The major findings, such as the spatial visualization method of the three IP factors, are described, and the policy implications of these findings are detailed. In addition, an agenda for future research based on the
findings and discovery presented in this dissertation is put forth.
List of academic achievements
Category [Paper/Article] Author(s), ͆Paper Title͇, Conference/Journal Title, Issue number and page numbers, Presentation/Publication Date [Work] Author(s), Category, “Title”, Role in creating the work (Competition/Art Festival Name, Place of Showing, Date of Award-winning/Publication, Award Type)
Articles in refereed journals
ۑSuguru TAMURA, “Measurement of Input Resources for Standardization Activities in Basic, Applied, and Development Research and Differences among Research Types: Universities, Technology Licensing Organizations, and the Electric Machinery Industry”
(Kisoteki kenkyuu oyobi ouyou kaihatu kenkyuu ni okeru hyouzyunkatudou ni kakaru tounyuusigen no keiryou houhou oyobi sai nituite–daigaku/TLO tou to denki kikaisangyou no zirei),
Synthesiology, August 2013 (In Japanese)
ۑSuguru TAMURA, “R&D and Standardisation Activities of High Technology Industries in Japan in the Information and Communications Technology Service Field”,
Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies (in press )
ۑSuguru TAMURA, “Spatial visualisation of correlations between key innovation factors: standardisation activities, intellectual property activities and R&D activities in the Japanese electric machinery industry”,
Journal of Technology Management for Growing Economies (in press)
ۑSuguru TAMURA, “Titekizaisansosiki no hatten moderu oyobi inobe-syon kouka no keisoku syuhou: tokkyo to hyouzyun no touituteki manezimento”,
Chitekizaisan Inobe-syon Kenkyu no Tenbou(In Japanese; in press)
ۑSuguru TAMURA, Hiroo MATSUDA, “Policy action for strategic international standardization”
(Kokusai hyoujun senryaku ni kakawaru seisakuteki torikumi ), J. Jpn. Soc. Precis. Eng., January 2008(In Japanese)
Other indirectly related
achievements
Articles in refereed journals
Working paper
Chair of international conference
Suguru TAMURA, “An Analysis of Participation in Japan’s De Jure Standard Formation”,
Purojekuto kenkyu, Waseda University Comprehensive research organization (in submission)
Aoki, R., Arai. Y. and Tamura,S. “Policy and Management Strategy of standard and Intellectual Property” (Hyouzyun to chitekizaisan manezimento no senryaku to seisaku),
RIETI POLICY DISCUSSION PAPER SERIES, 12-P-017,Sep 2012(in Japanese)
Suguru TAMURA, Session chair of Track 8: Technology Strategy, IAMOT 2012 (International Conference for Management and Technology),
Hsinchu,Taiwan, March 2012
