Yuta Hirose is an expert in strategy, technology and innovation management. He is based in Tokyo, Japan, working with organisational partners including SMEs, corporations and government entities in the Asia-Pacific region.

EXPERTISE

Yuta assists his organisational partners by helping moving them forward in the following key areas:

• Improved strategy development.

• Organisational capability development.

• New business system design.

Yuta has published articles and case studies, with recent journal papers titled:

• ‘Characterizing Maturity Levels for Organization-wide Roadmapping Implementation’

• ‘Kick-Starting Roadmapping Implementation in Corporate Settings: Lessons Learned from IHI Corporation’

• ‘Practical Roadmapping Implementation: What we learned from QinetiQ Group’

• ‘Sustaining Organizational Roadmapping Implementation: Lessons Learned from Subsea 7’.

HIGHLIGHTS

He is based in Tokyo, Japan, where he develops and deploys the Institute for Manufacturing’s research outputs into practice through projects on a collaborative basis, working closely with organisational partners in the Asia-Pacific region. His research interests include the area of strategic management, innovation and technology management, with a particular interest in roadmapping.

Previously, Yuta worked as a chemical engineer, technology consultant, company director and professor. He is currently a technology advisor to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO). Yuta has a PhD in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. He also has an MSc in Sustainability Science from the University of Tokyo, a BEng in Chemical Engineering and a BCom in Finance from the University of Melbourne.

Yuta is affiliated with the following activities at the IfM:

• Centre for Technology Management
• Strategic Innovation and Technology Management (STIM) Consortium