New Research from an Old Capital

Author

Matsushige, Kazumi

Author_Institution

He was a vice president of Kyoto University, in charge of the academia–industry collaboration and intellectual properties, and is now a professor with the Department of Electrical Science and Technology and a director of the Venture Business Labora

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

2011

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

14

Abstract

Nanotechnology has been utilized for a long time in Kyoto, an old capital of Japan. Kyoto is well known not only as a traditional and cultural town but also as one of the most innovative towns in Japan. It has produced many worldwide technology-based start-up (venture) companies such as Kyocera, Nintendo, Omron, Murata MFG, Rohm, Horiba MFG, and Nichicon, among others. In these two features of tradition and innovation, there exists potentially a close correlation. Lords or emperor in the capital had gathered the highest level of technologies during their times and created various kinds of artistic works and buildings. They felt that the concentration of high technology and the creation of new technologies are essential to build new industry as well as to spur the activity of the principal towns.

Keywords

cultural aspects; innovation management; nanotechnology; Japan old capital; Kyoto; cultural town; innovative town; nanotechnology; traditional town; worldwide technology-based start-up company; Japan; Research and development;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Nanotechnology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1932-4510

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MNANO.2011.943326

Filename

6083581