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Introduction

Shunpei Iwao focuses on business model innovation, operations management, and Japanese-style management, particularly the Toyota Production System and Monozukuri Management Science. More recently, his research has explored and enhanced organizational efficiency and innovation capacity in emerging industries such as the sharing economy. Through mathematical modeling and empirical research, Iwao seeks to understand and improve the processes that drive business innovation and operational excellence.
His research delves deeply into the complexity of organizational design and the factors that influence innovation activation. He investigates the role of production engineers and the impact of organizational structure. Specifically, he studies how companies can encourage organizational improvement (kaizen) activities and foster a culture of innovation, providing models and frameworks that can be applied to real business scenarios to help increase productivity and innovation.

Achievements

Shunpei Iwao proposed a learning curve model for emerging industries, incorporating disincentives and validating it in sharing economy companies.
He analyzed the ability to execute improvements in manufacturing, highlighting the role of production engineers in continuous improvement.
He also explored the impact of organizational design on innovation activation and found that organizational shape affects the ease of connection among members and the generation of innovation.

Areas of Research

Business Model Innovation
Operations Management
Japanese-style management
Toyota Production System
Manufacturing Management

Social Contributions

Provides analytical tools for operations and strategic management in emerging industries to help overcome impediments to growth.
Provides insights into organizational design that enhances innovation and influences innovation policy in firms and governments.
Contributing to the understanding of continuous improvement processes in manufacturing to drive efficiency and innovation.
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