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Curriculum of Master’s Program

*Note: All the subjects listed below are conducted in Japanese only.

Subject List

Core Subjects
Subjects Lecturers Credits
Technology Management Atsushi ABE/Takashi NATORI 2
Technology & Intellectual Property Related Laws Toshihiko OINUMA 2
Case StudyⅠ Toshio MITSUFUJI/Tetsuaki ODA /Shuichi ISHIDA 2
Financial Strategy Keiichi TAO 2
Leadership Atsushi ABE/Yasuyuki SUZUKI 2
Technology Marketing Shotaro KOHTSUKI 2
Advanced Subject
Area Subjects Lecturers Credits
Technology Process Management Supply Chain Management Atsushi AOYAMA 2
Quality Management Atsushi AOYAMA 2
Production System Nobuo NAKATSUKA 2
The Intellectual Property Management Information Technology for the Intellectual Property Hideyasu SASAKI 2
Negotiation Strategy and Practice Hideyasu SASAKI 2
International Intellectual Property Toshihiko OINUMA 2
Entrepreneurship High-Tech Startup and Technology Venturing Jinichiro YAMADA/Tomomi TAKAGI 2
Entrepreneurial Strategy Masaki KUROKI 2
Practice of Technology Management Corporate Risk Management Keiichi TAO 2
Project Estimation Masayoshi MIYA 2
Project Strategy Takashi NATORI 2
Decision Making Kunio KOMORIYA 2
Service Risk Management Atsushi AOYAMA/ Shuichi ISHIDA/ Shotaro KOHTSUKI/Keiichi TAO 2
Case StudyⅡ Masaki KUROKI 2
Strategic Technology Management Strategic Innovation Management Chikako TAKANASHI 2
Product Design and Brand Strategy Masahiro TORIYAMA 2
Industrial Science and Technology Yuko YASUNAGA/ Shotaro KOHTSUKI 2
Technology Strategy - 2
Elective Course Subjects
Area Subjects Lecturers Credits
Information Technology Strategy for Information Technology Kiminori GEMBA 2
Technology Fusion Strategy Masayoshi WATANABE 2
Energy and Environment Energy and Environment Technology Strategy Yoshinobu YOSHIWARA 2
Environmental Technology Management Koji SHIMADA 2
Life Sciences Business Strategy in the Life Sciences Shotaro KOHTSUKI 2
Medical and Welfare Technology Strategy Youichi SHINOMIYA/ Toshio NAKANO/ Shogo FUKUSHIMA/ Matsuki YAMAMOTO 2
High Technology Development New Materials and Micro-Nano Technology Strategy Junji IKEDA/ Masayoshi MIYA/ Yutaka TSUKADA 2
Strategic Management of Electronic Companies Atsushi ABE 2
Construction Construction Project Management Shuzo FURUSAKA 2
Research Methodology Research Methodology Toshio MITSUFUJI/ Chikako TAKANASHI/ Tetsuaki ODA 2
Special Lectures Qualitative Method Yang Mariko Yoshihara 2
Hospital Management Tetsuo SHIWAKU 2
Production Process Management Yoshitaka FUKUO/
Yoichiro SUZUKI		 2
Innovation Strategy and Practice Kiyoshi NIWA 2
Date Analysis for Decision Making Hideyasu SASAKI 2
Service Innovation Kiyoshi NIWA 2
Venture Capital Finance Nobuhiko HIBARA 2
Finance and Asset Evaluation Method in Enterprises Toshihiro SUGIYAMA 2
Career Design for MOT Junji IKEDA 2
Multivariable Analyses Takaharu HIRAI 2
Practicum Practicum 1 - 2
Practicum 2 - 2
Credit Transfer Subjects of Credits Transfer - 2
Research Subjects
Subjects Credits
Kadai Enshu(Basic Seminar)          First and Second semester 2
Kadai Kenkyu1(Seminar1) 2
Kadai Kenkyu2(Seminar2) 2
Tokubetsu Kenkyu1(Advanced Seminar1) 3
Tokubetsu Kenkyu2(Advanced Seminar2) 3
Introductory Subjects
Subjects Lecturers Credits
Entrepreneurship Satoshi KABASAWA 2
Project Management Theory Tetsuaki ODA 2
Intellectual Property Management Yoshihumi NAKANO 2
Venture Finance Keiichi TAO 2
Market Design Tetsuo SHIWAKU 2
Operations Research Yutaka KUWAGAKI 2
Marketing Research - 2

Requirements for Completion of the Master's Program

Students must acquire at least of 34 credits which include more than 6 credits from "Core Subjects" and 6 credits from either "Tokubetsu kenkyu" or "Kadai kenkyu". Students must submit the dissertation with necessary instruction from academic supervisor and the dissertation must be approved according to the procedure of the program and pass the final examination. Credits from "Introductory subjects" are not recognized as credit required for completion.
*We recommend those who wish to continue for a doctoral course to take "Tokubetsu Kenkyu" course.

Approval of Credits Earned Prior to Admission

  • A maximum of 4 credits earned prior to admission at graduate schools of other universities (including other graduate schools in foreign countries) may be transferred toward completion of the degree program upon consultation with the administrative office.
  • A maximum of 16 credits earned through the Joint degree program with Graduate School of Science and Engineering may be transferred upon consultation with the administrative office.

List of Dissertation Topics

Academic Year 2010

  • Peripheral visual on decision process of technological standard : Using the case of PDP business：
  • Survey of the determinants of talent located in the Creative Economy: The Case of Creative workers in Kyoto
  • Creation of value innovation by restructuring of structure's information flow (Excitation to altruistic value)
  • Sales strategy of environment conscious: Create of ecological marketing model
  • Predicting the Future of Software Platform taking Platform-Bridging Strategy :For a Suggestion to SocialGraph-Platform
  • Study for the organization learning in maintaining organization performance (case in the manufacturing companies)
  • An Evaluation Method of Minor Metal Recycling System and Technology Based on Supply Chain Model Case of Indium
  • Relationship between CSR and business strategy
  • Thinking and action of specialist in the fuzzy front end of innovation (－Relationship between multidisciplinary learned specialist and innovation－)
  • The key factor of business-model for TV assembly form (depend on the case of Panasonic’s “CRT display project”)
  • Development research into cash management simulation system for limit decision support to group enterprise
  • Development of “Z score” function to judge bankrupt
  • A study of Business Model for the Music industries on the free of charge of copyrights
  • Examination of quality evaluation index of medical service -Consideration of relation between patient satisfaction, patient understanding level, and communications in ambulatory care)
  • Move of knowledge information in design of industrial machinery
  • (-Analysis with which case is design section of production facility of A company-)
  • Effect of ownership structure and stock option compensation on R&D investment(Evidence from Japanese manufacturing industry)
  • Structured of technological leader nature in medical treatment (From the aspect of the leader power)
  • Research on competency of manager of small and medium-sized　enterprise in new technology and new product development
  • Technological possibility of modularity: The industrial robot as a case
  • Environmentally Friendly Product (DPF) of market relevance
  • Research and development partnerships with leading companies to adapt
  • A Framework on specific success factors in government-supported Collaboration
  • The relationship between R & D and capital investment in the group management
  • Product Development of CGM and Lead User Innovation
    ―Case by Pomera―
  • Verifying the Value of the Time Required for Transferring AR Technology at the University Campus (With an Application of "Layar" for iPhone)
  • Research of Promotion Strategy of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises to Promote Regional Economic Development (the Promotion Policy of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Hei Longjiang Province as a Case)
  • Research of Marketing Strategy of PB in Chinese Retail Companies
  • (Chain Supermarkets as a Case)
  • Delivery System to Diversify and the Role of Public Client (Case analysis of building of railway station in Korea)
  • A study on how to improve the problem of obtaining technology when Chinese company acquiring foreign company in manufacturing industry -An empirical study on the case of Suntech Power Holdings Co.,Ltd. Acquiring MSK Co.,Ltd.-
  • An Empirical Study On Consumers’ Brand Identity of China　Skincare Market: Improvement Of Cosmetics Industry

Academic Year 2008 - 2009

  • Research on innovation mechanisms across integrated electronics enterprises
  • Liquidation of knowledge over creation of new businesses (optimal application of open innovation)
  • Research on open business model taking alliance form in relation to world silicon industry
  • How engineers and evaluations function in a research development organization
  • Risk management in developmental processes for medicines
  • Formulation of optimal intellectual property management (proposal of issue extraction and its solution in intellectual property management)
  • Development and practice of MAFFINT
  • Empirical analysis of business approach for a highly profitable global company
  • Financing and growth strategy for venture technology companies (case studies based on resource supplemental financing model)
  • Shifts in the automobile industry due to environmental technology