Hiroshi Shimizu (born May 29, 1973) is a Japanese management scholar, specializing in innovation and entreprenuership research.
He studied at Northwestern University's School of History during his PhD studies and completed his MA at Northwestern University's History Department in 2002; from 2004 he studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he obtained his Ph.D in 2007 (Economic History).
[5] The award was established by the Nikkei to contribute to the advancement of scholarship and knowledge in the fields of economics and management/accounting, as well as its general dissemination and application.
In 2017 he was awarded the 33rd Takamiya Prize by The Academic Association for Organizational Science in Japan.
[6] In 2021, he received the Schumpeter Prize from the International Schumpeter Society for his book, General Purpose Technology, Spin-Out, and Innovation: Technological Development of Laser Diodes in the United States and Japan[7]