The Japanese venture capital industry consists of three types of firms: (1) venture capital
firms affiliated with major financial institutions (hereafter AVCFs), (2) independent venture …

This dissertation addresses four exploratory research questions.(1) How has the Japanese
venture capital (VC) industry evolved and in particular how has its evolution differed from the …

In the current knowledge economy, the university has taken a central role in the innovation
process, particularly in the creation of university spin-off companies (USOCs). In this regard, …

As URI have come to be the center of knowledge production in regional innovation systems,
state and local governments who are the main supplier of research fund, have laid …

Even though a lot of effort has been put in developing policies and laws to transform Japanese
universities into more entrepreneurial institutions, the rate of spin-offs and survival rates …

In the flue emission from an internal combustion system using diffusing combustion such as
coal or oil fuel boiler, incinerator, or diesel engine, around 10% oxygen is usually included. It …

Micro-air-vehicles (MAVs) and micro-flight robots that mimic the flight mechanisms of insects
have attracted significant attention in recent years. A number of MAVs and micro-flight …

This paper presents a fast addition algorithm for the divisor class groups of genus three
hyperelliptic curves. This algorithm improves the most recently proposed Harley algorithm for …

Software Defined Networking (SDN) and is expected to be an enabler that solves the problems
of today’s network. Thanks to the centralized management with OpenFlow, agile network …

NFV is expected to reduce costs and provide an agile new service. To achieve OPEX
reduction and providing agility of service lifecycle management, we need to improve the …