Reseach Interests ---- *My research interest/ approach is, **Marketing science+alpha=(marketing+innovation+communication)*(theory+empirical analysis+historical analysis/synthesis+simulation) **Radiation epidemiology and assessment of radiation protection policy ***Since the Fukushima disaster, I've been working on a re-analysis of radiation epidemiological data. ---- *I'm interested in "interaction" .... **interaction between consumers ***WOM and eWOM ***Diffusion of new products ***Development by consumer/users: open source software ***Active consumers **interaction between firms and consumers ***Effect of advertising ***Co-evolutionary marketing **Interaction between firms ***Relationship between manufacturer and retailer. ***Relationship between selesperson and buyer. **Interaction between employees between/within firm(s) ***Marketer's psychological process and performance of new products. ***Effective use of knowledge management system. *My research field(s) **Word of Mouth **Diffusion and creation of innovation **User innovation/Creativity of consumer ***Open source software ***Consumer participatory product development **R&D management, new product development, and performance ***User innovation ***Open innovation