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Masatoshi Kato

Institute of Economic Research,
Hitotsubashi University
E-mail: mkato [at] ier.hit-u.ac.jp

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Research Fields
Business Economics

Major Research Themes
Industry Dynamics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management Strategy

Journal Articles

Masatoshi Kato and Yuji Honjo, ``Market Share Instability and the Dynamics of Competition: A Panel Data Analysis of Japanese Manufacturing Industries,'' Review of Industrial Organization, 28 (2), 165-182, March 2006.

Masatoshi Kato and Yuji Honjo, ``The Persistence of Market Leadership: Evidence from Japan,'' forthcoming in Industrial and Corporate Change.

Working Papers
Hiroyuki Okamuro, Yuji Honjo, and Masatoshi Kato, ``Determinants of Research Partnership Formation by Japanese High-tech Start-ups''

Masatoshi Kato and Hiroyuki Odagiri, ``The Role of Academic Organizations in University-Industry Collaborations: The Biotechnology and Life Science in Japan''

Masatoshi Kato, ``Firm Survival and the Evolution of Market Structure: The Case of the Japanese Motorcycle Industry''

Masatoshi Kato and Yuji Honjo,``The Stability of Market Leadership Positions in Japanese Manufacturing Industries''

Work in Progress
- Post-entry Performance of New Firms
- Bid Rigging in Public Procurement Auctions
- Deregulation and Productivity in the Japanese Oil Product Market
- Relationship between Market Structure and Performance


Education
Ph.D, Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University, 2008
Doctoral Dissertation: Empirical Studies on the Dynamics of Industries
(Supervisor: Sadao Nagaoka)

Organizations:
Hitotsubashi University
- Institute of Economic Research
- Institute of Innovation Research
- Graduate School of Economics
- Graduate School of Commerce and Management


People:
- Yuji Honjo
- Sadao Nagaoka
- Hiroyuki Odagiri
- Hiroyuki Okamuro

Journals:
- Industrial and Corporate Change
- International Journal of Industrial Organization
- Journal of Industrial Economics
- Research Policy
- Review of Industrial Organization
- Small Business Economics
- Strategic Management Journal

Academic Societies:
- Academy of International Business
- Academy of Management
- Association of Japanese Business Studies
- European Association for Research in Industrial Economics
- Industrial Organization Society
- International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society
- Japanese Economic Association
- Strategic Management Society

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