NextBillion - An Initiative of the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan

Shino Tsuchiya is a researcher based in London, working for Japan Research Institute Europe, Ltd. With experience of working for international NGO, she had been engaged in the private sectors’ business incubation and the public sectors’ policy making.

She started BOP Innovation Lab (http://boplabjp.ning.com) in Japan as a networking platform on the base of open source concept. She is also a writer to the Japanese magazines, working for some projects with Japanese intrapreuners in the rural community, and researching for innovation process within its collaboration with communities.