In this session of the Shorenstein APARC Corporate Affiliate Visiting Fellows Research Presentations, the following will be presented:

Yoshihiro Kaga, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Japan, "The Roles of University-Industry Collaboration for Promoting Innovation"

The existence of top class universities, especially those ties with industry, is regarded as one of the key characteristics of the Silicon Valley ecosystem, where the most successful innovation-based economic growth in the world is observed today.  Kaga has conducted a literature review of previous research on this topic and research on Stanford organizations facilitating university-industry ties.  Kaga will present his findings and share implications for policies in Japan.  His research is in cooperation with Shingo Nakano.

Feng Lin, ACON Biotechnology, "Innovations in China Primary Healthcare Reform: Development and Characteristics of the Community Health Services in Hangzhou"

One of the five major tasks for China’s health reforms launched in 2009 was to promote the development of a primary healthcare system.  Hangzhou is one of the cities with a long history in China for developing community health services.  Lin has studied the model of community health services in Hangzhou, which is characterized as government-led, guaranteed with enough funding, personnel, space and regulation; supported by a unified information platform; and the assigned central role of general practitioners as health “gatekeepers”.  His data collection and analysis have indicated that the basic health status of residents in Hangzhou is comparable to that in Western developed countries.  Based on these findings, Lin proposes that the primary healthcare level in Hangzhou will be further developed and promoted with the indexed performance evaluations and more effective implementation of additional measures.

Shingo Nakano, Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry, Japan, "Policy Implications for Increasing the Number of Start-ups in Japan"

As mentioned in “Japan Revitalization Strategy (Revised in 2014),” it is critical for Japan to develop an environment where venture businesses are launched one after another.   The Japanese government has taken some measures to this end, but significant obstacles - such as institutional, human, financial, etc. - remain for venture businesses.  Nakano's research looks at how to eliminate these obstacles, while focusing on increasing the number of start-ups in Japan.  Based on his findings, Nakano will discuss some policy implications for improving the Japanese start-up ecosystem.  His research was conducted in collaboration with Yoshihiro Kaga.