SMEs Knowledge Network

Project Title

中小企業ナレッジネットワーク
https://sme-knet.org/

Full-time researcher

ZHANG Wenting　Lecturer/Faculty of Economic Sciences

Overview

The SMEs Knowledge Network Center engages in activities for building mutual cooperation and complementary relationships by promoting collaboration between areas in the East Asian Rim and industrial clusters in Niigata Prefecture. Toward this end, the center engages in the three specific activities described below.

1. Operation of the Knowledge Network Portal Site

  1. The “Asian SMEs Review (ASMER)” section introduces research and advanced case studies of SMEs within Niigata Prefecture and the East Asian Rim.
  2. The section “Industries/Firms” disseminates information promoting the attractiveness and strengths of industries and SMEs within Niigata Prefecture and the East Asian Rim.
  3. The “Entrepreneurship” section introduces examples of student entrepreneurship and case studies of startups discovered in various countries.

2. Building partnerships between SMEs in the East Asian Rim

Universities participating in the SMEs Knowledge Network in Japan, Taiwan and Korea alternately hold symposiums to explore ways of building cooperative relationships and supporting new business creation between companies in other countries and companies in Niigata through collaboration with industry, academia, government and financial institutions and consultants.

3. Building connections between students and local industries through industry-academia collaboration

From the viewpoint of students, graduate students and teaching staff respectively, the center provides a venue for promoting the strengths of various regions in Japan and abroad and at the same time opportunities for encouraging the autonomous, voluntary study of students and expanding their field of vision in career choices.

Project Members

Name Affiliation and Official Position Area of Specialization
ARIMOTO Satoshi Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences/Director of SMEs Knowledge Network Center, Niigata University Management accounting theory
NAKAHIGASHI Masaki Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Niigata University Public finance
KISHI Yasuyuki Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences/Sakeology Center, Niigata University Human resource management theory, sakeology
ITO Ryoji Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Niigata University Strategic management theory of startups, marketing theory of startups, entrepreneurship theory
YAMADA Yoko Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Niigata University English linguistics
ISHIZUKA Chikako Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Niigata University Consumer behavior, services marketing 
ZHANG Wenting Lecturer, Faculty of Economic Sciences/SMEs Knowledge Network Center, Niigata University Small and medium- sized enterprises theory
LEE Gunyung Professor, Sanjo City University Accounting, business administration
TOJO Ayumu Assistant Professor, Kaishi Professional University Bookkeeping and accounting, theory of financial statements
KURII Hidehiro Professor, Nagaoka University Business succession, regional revitalization, corporate analysis
Jiunn-Woei Lian Professor, Department of Information Management,
National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taiwan		 Electronic business, IT adoption, information management
Fan-Yun (Ruby) Pai Professor, Department of Business Administration
National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan		 Marketing management, operations management

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