High-tech Entrepreneurship

Kanetaka Maki

Associate Professor, Waseda Business School

Faculty Profile

Associate Professor Kanetaka Maki is based at Waseda Business School. In both Japan and the US, he has been actively involved in designing and implementing university innovation ecosystems. He is a key member of many management education programs for STEM background students. He has published books such as “Science, Technology and Entrepreneurship” and “Scientific Thinking Training” in Japanese. Professor Maki’s research interests cover the fields of socio-economics of innovation and entrepreneurship, science policy, and university-industry technology transfer.

Experience

2017 - Current
Associate Professor
Waseda Business School
2016 - 2017
Assistant Professor
National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
2015 - 2016
Research Associate
Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Stanford University
2002 - 2008
Research Associate
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University

Education

2010-2015
Ph.D. in Management
University of California San Diego
2000-2002
Master of Media and Governance,Master of Media and Governance
Keio University (Major: Information Technology)
1996-2000
B.A. in Environmental Information
Keio University (Major: Information Technology)

Publications

October 2022
Training for Scientific Thinking
PHP
July 2021
Innovation Policy and Star Scientists in Japan
edited by Yong Suk Lee and Fei Yan, “Drivers of Innovation: Entrepreneurship, Education, and Finance in Asia”, Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center,
March 2022
Science, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
Toyo Keizai Inc.
2021 (forthcoming)
Digital Transformation of University Education
Kawashima, Y. Ed. “Education and Society will Change by Digitalization and Globalization”, Toshindo,
2021 (forthcoming)
Innovation Policy and Star Scientists in Japan
Young Suk Lee and Fe Yan Eds., “Drivers of Innovation: Entrepreneurship, Education, and Finance in Asia”, Stanford University Shorestein Asia-Pacific Research Center Series with Brooking Institution Press,
March 2020
A Study of Star Scientists Shows Learning from Failures is Key to Innovation
Diamond Harvard Business Review
Summer 2020
Scientific Experiments and Future of Innovation
Ningen Kaigi
2019
Introduction – Change in East Asia Economy
Kimura, K. Eds, “Innovation in East Asia”, Sakuhinsha
Summer 2018
Is Japan Still Behind as an Entrepreneurial Nation?
Nextcom Vol. 34
2017 Summer
Star Scientists: The Engine of Innovation in Japan
Hitotsubashi Business Review