Innovation management: from research to teaching

Takahiro Fujimoto is a researcher known for his work in the field of the development of new industrial products, primarily in the automobile industry. He is currently occupied in extending the conclusions of his research to other industries. As a professor at Tokyo University, he teaches in an establishment which is very theory-oriented. Its students, who have very little experience of life in companies, are most likely to end up working in banks rather than in industry. Takahiro Fujimoto explains how he introduced the realities of industry into his classes by illustrating his seminars with examples taken from his own work in industry, or by making his students carry out dissertations based on practical experience in companies which are subsequently likely to employ them.