Comparative Analysis of Incubation Mechanisms of New Business supported by Virtual Knowledge Networks in US, Europe and Japan

在本研究中，我们将虚拟知识网络定义为由企业家、工程师、律师和其他专家组成的以互联网为基础的网络，通过交换他们的专业知识来促进风险企业。本文的研究目的是：(1)从理论角度阐明虚拟知识网络对风险企业的促进机制；(2)通过深入的案例研究，为风险企业的有效发展找到处方。迄今为止，大多数关于企业家智力支持的研究要么集中在大学和学院的教育系统上，要么集中在风险资本的财政支持系统上。本研究特别关注虚拟知识网络本身，并结合日本独特的文化特征，分析虚拟知识网络获得有效利用的有效处方的机制。以下是部分结果。1)自愿性和非营利性的基于个人的虚拟网络在创业的早期阶段尤其有效。2)虚拟知识网络自然会产生层次结构，层次结构越多，这种倾向越强。3)我们还获得了虚拟网络社区演化过程中一些独特而有趣的结果。我们将上述结果发表在学术期刊和报告上。

In this research we define a virtual knowledge network as internet-based network consisting of entrepreneurs, engineers, layers and other specialists to promote venturing businesses by exchanging their expertness. The purpose of the research was (1) to clarify promotion mechanism of venture businesses by a virtual knowledge network from the theoretical point of view, and (2) to obtain prescriptions for its effective development based on intensive case studies.Most of researches on intelligent support for entrepreneurs so far have focused either on education systems at universities and colleges or on financial support systems by venture capitals. This research is particularly concerned with virtual knowledge network itself and analyzed its mechanism to obtain effective prescriptions for its effective use by taking into account the Japanese unique cultural characteristics.The followings are some of the results. 1) Voluntary and nonprofit individual-based virtual networks are especially effective for the earlier stage of promotion of venture bushiness. 2) virtual knowledge networks naturally tends to generate hierarchy, and the tendency is stronger if it is more. 3) We also obtained some unique and interesting results of evolution process of virtual network communities.We published the above results in academic journals and reports.