Shigehiro Nishimura
Professor of Business History (Kansai University)
PhD in Economics (Kyoto University)
Graduate in Economics (Ritsumeikan University)
Patent Management, Business History, History of International Business Relations
Brief CV More InformationProjects
The Swedish Patent Database, 1746-1975
From 2018-01-01 to 2021-12-31
Supported by: Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (Reference: IN17-0954:1)
日本の企業・アメリカの企業･ドイツの企業－総合電機企業の比較史的研究－/ International Comparative Studies on Electrical Enterprises: Japanese, American, and German Companies
From 2016-04-01 to 2019-03-31
Supported by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JSPS-KAKENHI) (Ref. 16H03646)
知的財産マネジメントがイノベーションに与える効果に関する研究 / Research on the Effect of IPR Management on Innovation
From 2015-04-01 to 2018-03-31
Supported by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JSPS-KAKENHI) (Ref. 15K03704)
知的財産マネジメントの類型化と国際比較に関する研究 研究課題 / Studies on International Comparison and Classification of Intellectual Property Management
From 2010-04-01 to 2013-03-31
Supported by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JSPS-KAKENHI) (Ref. 22730322)
知的財産マネジメントに関する国際比較研究 研究課題 / International Comparative Studies on Intellectual Property Management
From 2008-04-01 to 2010-03-31
Supported by: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (JSPS-KAKENHI) (Ref. 20830122)
Working Papers
2012. Nishimura, Shigehiro. The Rise of the Patent Department: A Case Study of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company, Economic History Working Papers, 168/12, London School of Economics.
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2016. Nishimura, Shigehiro. International Patent Management in Japan: The Formation and Development of Local Patent Management via Cooperation between GE and Toshiba, Yuhikaku Publishing. Tokio.
2016. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "The Rise of the Patent Department: An Example of the Institutionalization of Knowledge Workers in the United States", Entreprises et Histoire 82, (47-63).
2016. Galvez-Behar, Gabriel; Nishimura, Shigehiro. "Managing Industrial Property: Some Historical Perspective", Entreprises et Histoire 82, (5-10).
2016. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "The Making of Japanese Patent Culture: The Impact of Westinghouse's International Patent Management", Kansai University Review of Business and Commerce 2016, (23-47).
2015. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "An Approach to Global Business History: How the History of International Busines Relations Has Shaped the Field", Japanese Research in Business History 32, (61-81).
2014. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "The Adoption of American Patent Management in Japan: The case of General Electric", in Donzé, Pierre-Yves; Nishimura, Shigehiro (eds.), Organizing Global Technology Flows: Institutions, Actors, and Processes, . New York / London.
2014. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "International Knowledge Transfer in a Multinational Enterprise: General Electric's Patent System in Japan until the 1950s", Entreprises et Histoire 75, (73-90).
2014. Donzé, Pierre-Yves; Nishimura, Shigehiro. "Introduction", in Donzé, Pierre-Yves; Nishimura, Shigehiro (eds.), Organizing Global Technology Flows: Institutions, Actors, and Processes, Routledge. International Business Studies. New York / London.
2014. Donzé, Pierre-Yves; Nishimura, Shigehiro (eds.). Organizing Global Technology Flows: Institutions, Actors, and Processes, Routledge. International Studies in Business History. New York / London.
2012. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "Patenting in the United Kingdom and Japan: Subsystems that Determined MNEs' Patent Policy", Business and Economic History On-Line 10, (1-27).
2011. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "International Patent Control and Transfer of Knowledge: The United States and Japan before World War II", Business and Economic History On-Line 9, (1-22).
2011. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "The Organization of Corporate Patent Management in US Companies: A Case Study of the Thomson-Houston Electric Company", Kansai University Review of Business and Commerce 13, (41-63).
2010. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "Diffusion of Intellectual Property (IP) Management after World War II: Role of the Japan Patent Association", Kansai University Review of Business and Commerce 12, (19-39).
2009. Nishimura, Shigehiro. "Foreign Business and Patent Management before WWI: A Case Study of the General Electric Company", Kansai University Review of Business and Commerce 11, (77-97).
