Background
Hirooka, Masaaki was born on January 14, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Kanesuke and Hisako Hirooka.
(Addresses the economics of technological change as reveal...)
Addresses the economics of technological change as revealed by a methodology that uncovers the true nature of technological development. This work bases this approach to the economics of technological change on recognition of the nonlinear dynamic nature of innovation.
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Hirooka, Masaaki was born on January 14, 1931 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Kanesuke and Hisako Hirooka.
Bachelor, Kyoto University, Japan, 1954. Doctor of Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, 1971. Doctor in Economic, Kyoto University, Japan, 2003.
Researcher, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Niihama, Ehime., Japan, 1954-1965; researcher, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Takatsuki, Osaka., Japan, 1965-1983; senior research associate, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Takatsuki, Osaka., Japan, 1975-1983; senior research fellow, Sumitomo Chemical Company, Takatsuki, Osaka., Japan, 1984-1989; visiting professor department I.P.I chemistry, U. Liverpool, England, 1978-1980; professor economics, Kobe (Japan) U., 1989-1994; professor faculty of information science, U. Marketing and Distribution Sciences, Kobe, since 1994.
(Addresses the economics of technological change as reveal...)
Fellow National Institute of Science Policy (affiliate). Member Engineering Academy Japan, International Jospeh A. Schumpeter Society, Society Polymer Science Japan (former vice president, Science award 1973, Distinguished Service award 1993), Institute Arbeit und Technik, Germany (research fellow).
Married Iku Takeuchi, April 29, 1958. Children: Tamiko, Kuniko, Keiko.