Ryuhei Wakasugi has been Professor of International Economics at Kyoto University and Adjunct Professor of Keio University since 2007 and Research Counselor of RIETI since 2006. Prior to going to Kyoto, he was Professor at Keio University and Yokohama National University, having done his PhD in economics at Tokyo University. He has taught at Waseda University, Hokkaido University and National University of Mongolia. He is working as a member of the Special Committee of Council for Science and Technology Policy and has also worked for Ministry of International Trade and Industry. The author of numerous books and articles, his research interests include trade, FDI, technology transfer and innovation. He is advisory editor of Research Policy and was the editor in chief of The International Economies. He received 2nd Kojima Kiyoshi Prize and 2008 Award of Japan Academy of International Business Studies.