Takayuki SAKAI

Professor

Education, Degree

Ph.D. in Advanced Fibro Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 2011
Master of Engineering in Advanced Fibro Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology, 2007
Bachelor of Arts in Cultural History, Doshisha University, 1994

Professional Experience

Professor, Graduate School of Economic, Nagoya City University, Nagoya Japan, 2025-present
Visiting Professor and Fulbright Scholar, Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University, New York USA, 2023-2024
Professor, Graduate School of Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe Japan, 2021-2024
Professor, Value School, Kobe University, Kobe Japan, 2020-2024
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University, Kobe Japan, 2016-2020
Professor, Center for Research Administration and Collaboration, Tokushima University, Tokushima Japan, 2014-2016
Visiting Scholar, Center for Technology Enterprise and Commercialization, Cornell University, New York USA, 2012-2013
Director, Technology Transfer Division, Technology Transfer Office at Kyoto University, Kansai-TLO Co., Ltd., Kyoto Japan, 2006-2013
Assistant Director, Enterprise and Commercialization Division, Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto Japan, 1999-2006
Semi-Professional Rugby Player for the Mitsubishi Motors Rugby Club, Tokyo Japan, 1994-1999
Overseas Sales Division, Mitsubishi Motors Corporations, Tokyo Japan, 1994-1999

Research Fields

Academic Entrepreneurship

Research Interests

Entrepreneurship, Technology Commercialization, Innovation

Selected Publications

Inai, K., Sakai, T., Shimizu, Y., Kutsuna, K., Kim, H. J. (2025). The entrepreneurial intentions of graduate students in the natural sciences: Evidence from Japan and Korea, Journal of International Entrepreneurship, P1-32.

Sakai, T., Inai, K., Kutsuna, Adhikary, B. K., Buzás, N. (2022). Technology Transfer Performance: A comparative analysis of two universities in Japan, International Journal of Technology Management, Vol.90, Nos.1/2.

Pronay, S., Keszey,T., Buzás, N., Sakai T., Inai,K. (2022). Performance of university technology transfer offices: evidence from Europe and Japan, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 71(4), 1343-1364.