About the Yamagata University Business Research Institute of Glocal Innovation Center:

The Business Research Institute for Global Innovation (BIG-I) was established on October 1, 2009 as a merger between the Local Collaborative Research Center (LCRC) and the Venture Business Laboratory (VBL). LCRC is an institute forward to promote university-business integration and VBL is an organization established to promote venture business-inducing research and train specialized and creative personnel.