Exploring the possibilities of creating shared value in Japan’s urban agriculture: using a mixed methods approach

Kiminami, Lily; Furuzawa, Shinichi; Kiminami, Akira

doi:10.1007/s41685-022-00233-y

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“…Additionally, Saraswati (2021) points out that Indonesian food companies create value by placing the highest priority on consumers, while also creating shared value with society, employees, the environment, and business partners. Furthermore, Kiminami et al (2022) used mixed research methods to find that in Japanese urban agriculture, the creative class as social entrepreneurs realized shared value creation through cognitive innovation through organizational learning with stakeholders.…”

Section: ) Creating-shared Valuementioning

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Empirical Study on the Rice Flour Business in Japan: Introducing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Cognitive Mapping

Kiminami,

Furuzawa,

Kiminami

2024

JJAE

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The purpose of this study is to clarify the relationships among the business philosophy, business strategy and business outcome of rice flour-related corporations in Japan. Specifically, structural equation modeling (SEM) and cognitive map analysis are introduced to the results of a questionnaire survey. The following results are obtained from the empirical analysis. First, the management philosophy (Effective Altruism, and membership in the Rice Flour Association) of rice flour-related corporations influences their business strategies (potential head market, tail market, organizational learning and proposals from stakeholders) which induce innovation and determine business performance (current performance and future prospects for shared value creation). Secondly, the business performance reflects their expectations for the rice flour market, and influences the direction of market development. Therefore, a policy innovation that strengthens effective altruism and the creation of shared value through organizational learning of stakeholders in rice flour-related businesses is called for.

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Section: ) Creating-shared Valuementioning

confidence: 99%

Empirical Study on the Rice Flour Business in Japan: Introducing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Cognitive Mapping

Kiminami,

Furuzawa,

Kiminami

2024

JJAE

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“…Furthermore, as a prerequisite for strategic innovation of a company, Rajagopalan and Spreitzer (1997) and Kida (2007) focused on the changes in organizational knowledge structure including manager's cognitive structure from a cognitive perspective. Therefore, the CSV strategy in agriculture is influenced by the reality of CSV of other farming and non-farming companies competing for resources, products, services, and by the recognition and evaluation of consumers including local stakeholders toward multi-functionality of agriculture (Kiminami et al 2022).…”

Section: Creating Shared Value In Agriculture and Policy Innovationmentioning

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Role of creative classes in sustainable agricultural development: focusing on creating shared value in rural Japan

2023

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The purpose of this study was to clarify the role of creative classes in sustainable agriculture development through creating shared value in rural Japan by applying latent class analysis (LCA), structural equation modeling (SEM) and cognitive map analysis to the results of a questionnaire survey of farmers. Two hypotheses were set for verification: “There are a certain number of Japanese farmers who belong to the creative class” (H1) and "The creative class is highly entrepreneurial, appreciates the attractiveness of agriculture, prefers sustainability policies and seeks to create shared value in agriculture" (H2). We obtained analytical results as follows. First, from the results of the latent class analysis (LCA), farmers were classified into four classes (class 1: Majority, class 2: Early adopter, class 3: Laggard, class 4: Innovator). In addition, Class 4 (innovator) was interpreted as the creative class because most respondents answered positively about creative thinking, job satisfaction, life satisfaction, innovation orientation, social capital and cognitive changes due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Second, the analysis of the structural equation modeling (SEM) revealed the factors affected the entrepreneurship, namely preference for agricultural policy and impact on creating shared value in agriculture in the creative class. In other words, we found that the evaluation of the multi-functionality of agriculture influences each element for entrepreneurship of the creative class, and also influences the preference for agricultural policy and creation of shared value. Thirdly, analysis of cognitive maps revealed that creative classes contribute to sustainable agricultural and rural development through the creation of shared value. However, in current Japan, the creative classes are concentrated in urban areas and farmers highly value the risk of failure, so there is no virtuous cycle for the entrepreneurial environment to shape entrepreneurial attitudes. Therefore, it is important for policies to develop creative classes in flatland agricultural areas and mountainous areas, and build networks for the creative classes among different regions.

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“…UAGBs include different forms of business in Japan, such as experience farms/allotment gardens, disaster prevention cooperation farmland, green areas/waterside spaces in urban areas, etc. [32]. UA in Australia has unique socio-cultural and environmental benefits.…”

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Research on Evaluation Elements of Urban Agricultural Green Bases: A Causal Inference-Based Approach

Long,

Cao,

Mao

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The construction of agricultural green bases is an important part of sustainable agricultural development. This paper takes urban agriculture green bases in Shanghai as an example, choosing base construction elements, production, and ecological construction elements, as well as status assessment elements as evaluation indicators, in order to construct an evaluation system for urban agriculture green bases. Using a Bayesian network, typical urban agricultural green bases in six agricultural districts of Shanghai were evaluated. The construction of the evaluation system was analyzed by using intervention, counterfactual inference, and other methods to analyze the correlation and importance of the indicators. The results show that there are differences among the bases in various indicators, but they all reach a high level overall; base construction elements as well as production and ecological construction elements are the main factors affecting the level of urban agricultural green bases; improving the base management system (BMS), innovativeness (IN), and economic benefits (EBs) are key ways to improve the production capacity of agriculture green bases. Green base construction should pay attention to top-level design, coordinate the planning of industrial layout, technical mode, scientific and technological support, and supporting policies. Based on the conclusion, this paper provides some useful recommendations for creating urban agriculture green bases, which help promote urban agriculture transformation, upgrading, and coordinating development between urban and rural areas.

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Exploring the possibilities of creating shared value in Japan’s urban agriculture: using a mixed methods approach

Cited by 9 publications

References 33 publications

Empirical Study on the Rice Flour Business in Japan: Introducing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Cognitive Mapping

Empirical Study on the Rice Flour Business in Japan: Introducing Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and Cognitive Mapping

Role of creative classes in sustainable agricultural development: focusing on creating shared value in rural Japan

Research on Evaluation Elements of Urban Agricultural Green Bases: A Causal Inference-Based Approach

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