SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory
* This laboratory has been completed.
Date of establishment | April 1st, 2005 |
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Director |
Jiro Kokuryo
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Contact |
Introduction
The SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory began functioning on April 1, 2005 within the Keio Research Institute at SFC to intensify and diversify the successful research work of the SFC Incubation Village Research Consortium and Venture Support Intensive Project in the area of entrepreneur education, systemization of business incubation knowledge, entrepreneur strategy planning, expansion of venture incubation facility and organizational support from business companies.
The guiding principle behind the establishment of the SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory has been the Keio Research Institute at SFC which has given paramount importance to laboratory based research on specific themes like venture support, environment and information technology. Both laboratory-based research and venture support themes were the motivating ideas behind the establishment of the SFC Incubation Village Research Consortium in April 2002.
As SIV Research Consortium as well as other group of researchers in Keio University SFC continues to expand its venture incubation facilities, the campus welcomes wide-ranging cooperation both with local/overseas universities and business enterprises. For instance, in 2006��a new venture incubation facility will be established at Keio University SFC in collaboration with the Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Kanagawa Prefecture and Fujisawa City. To further this end an administrative support system has already been established.
Activities
The incubation system of the SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory supports three major activities namely:
- education
- outreach and
- research.
Education
SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory aims to develop teaching material, create an educational environment, offer courses and conduct periodic workshops to promote entrepreneur education not only for the Jiro Kokuryo Research Project, but also make it available to other researchers and research projects within the Keio University SFC system. For instance, it has not only created an environment for entrepreneur education but also developed teaching material for the Jiro Kokuryo Research Project.
Outreach
In order to disseminate the knowledge of entrepreneur incubation amongst the people and entrepreneurs, SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory will:
- organize exchange meetings
- hold ��seeds scout�� contests (or new idea contests)
- conduct ��brush up�� business sessions
- provide general infrastructure support to entrepreneurs
- help find financial support to venture enterprises.
Research
SIV will gather information through case study research, working papers, reports and discussion forums and systematize such information to transform it into source material for teaching.
Organizational Members
- Premier Member
Suruga Bank Ltd., NIFTY Corporation, FIGLA CO.,LTD., Comap Incorporated, PFU LIMITED - Member
ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation, AZSA & Co, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,Ltd., HARU DESIGN CONSULTING, Inc., MITSUBISHI CORPORATION, MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD, LightSpeed Inc., eco-s corporation, Bit-Isle Inc., Daito Art Printing Co,.Ltd, TAIKI Corporation,Ltd., Sekisui Integrated Reseach Inc., DIP Corporation, Matsushita Electric Industrial.,Co.,Ltd, Yasuda Enterprise Development Co., Ltd., SERA,TOYAMA,MATSUKURA&KAWAGUCHI - Affiliate Member
Society for the study of Venture Support, Kanagawa Prefectural government, Organization for Small & Medium Enterprises and Regional Innovation, Japan, FUJISAWA INDUSTRIAL PROMOTION FOUNDATION, SFC Alumni Association, MM Incubation Partners CO.LTD.Total number of organizational members: 27
SIV Entrepreneur Laboratory Life Duration (April 2005 to March 2008)
- Phase 1 (April 2005-March 2006): establishing a system laboratory; sketching an activity plan; and promoting germinating projects
- Phase 2 (April 2006-March 2007): following the activity plan and
- Phase 3 (April 2007-March 2008): finalizing results of research; and evaluating future research
Researchers, managers and professors
Jiro KokuryoDirector | Director, Keio Research Institute at SFC Professor, Faculty of Policy Management |
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Kenji KumasakaDirector | Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
Kanetaka Maki | Research Associate, Graduate School of Media and Governance |
Yasutaka Mori | Acting Chairman, Keio Alumni Club of Mentors |
Satoshi Kabasawa | Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance |
Katsunori Tanaka | Associate Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance |
Miyachi Emi | Visiting Researchers-Personnel (visiting) |
Yoshinori Isagai | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Environment and Information Studies |
Katsuya Hirokawa | Incubation Manager, Keio Fujisawa Innovation Village |
Koichi Hamamoto | Deputy Executive Secretary, Keio Alumni Club of Mentors |