Ma Theory and the Creative Management of Innovation

1. “Ma” and Innovation Management
Mitsuru Kodama

2. The Five Types of Ma Thinking and Five Architect Capabilities: Theoretical Concepts
Mitsuru Kodama

3. Ma Thinking and Innovation in Global High Tech Companies: The Lessons of Business Model Innovation in Apple and Cisco Systems
Mitsuru Kodama, Takehiko Yasuda, Katsuhiko Hirasawa

4. Managing Serendipity Through Ma Thinking: Lessons of the Invention and Commercialization of Blue LED (Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics)
Mitsuru Kodama, Takehiko Yasuda

5. Industrial Innovation with Ma Thinking: Lessons from Singapore’s Economic Development
Takehiko Yasuda

6. Use and Reproduction of Ma in Financial Cooperative Organizations in Japan: With a Focus on Ma in Japan and Financial Cooperatives
Tsutomu Hasegawa

7. Green Innovation Based on Ma Thinking: The Lessons of the Japanese Smart City Vision
Nobuyuki Tokoro

8. The Ma of Maeterlinck and Ma of Japanese Maeterlinckians
Mariko Anazawa

9. Ma in Traditional Japanese Theater: The Ma of Space and Ma of Time
Shozo Motosugi

10. Ma Thinking in Architectural Space, Mentality and Action: The Impact of Ma Thinking on Lifestyle Design
Tomoyoshi Urabe

11. Comparative Case Studies and New Implications
Mitsuru Kodama

12. Conclusions and Issues for Future Research
Mitsuru Kodama

Keywords: Economics, Behavioral/Experimental Economics, Non-Western Philosophy, Management, International Business, Organization