Ozaki, Koken http://orcid.org/0009-0001-0382-1512
Funding for this research was provided by:
I-Bridge Corporation
Article History
Accepted: 18 March 2024
First Online: 8 April 2024
Declarations
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: The first author of this paper has a concurrent employment agreement with the funding agency, I-Bridge Corporation, starting in 2022. In addition, a patent application related to this research has been filed (Japan Patent JP2023-28997A).
: The first author of this paper has a concurrent employment agreement with the funding agency, I-Bridge Corporation, starting in 2022. In addition, a patent application related to this research has been filed (Japan Patent JP2023-28997A). JP2023-28997A is a patent granted only in Japan and cannot be used for commercial purposes in Japan, but can be used for academic purposes both in Japan and outside Japan. Commercial use outside Japan is also possible.
: The questionnaire and methodology for this study was approved by the Human Research Ethics committee of the University of Tsukuba Institute of Business Sciences (ethics approval number: Survey ID 1: Business 2021-2, ID 2: Business 2021-3, ID 3: Business 30-10, ID 4: Business 2020-13, ID 5: Business 2020-5, ID 6: Business 2020-6, ID 7: Business 2020-4, ID 8: Business 2020-8, ID 9: Business 2020-2, ID 10: Business 2020-3, ID 11: Business 2020-12, ID 12: Business 2020-3, ID 13: Business 2020-11, ID 14: Business 2020-10, ID 15: Business 2020-1, ID 16: Business 2020-9).
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