Global and local factors in green food
| Project/Area Number |
21K13343
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 07080:Business administration-related
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
パドロン・エルナンデス イバ 一橋大学, 大学院経営管理研究科, 講師 (80877001)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,420,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,020,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥520,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥120,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
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| Keywords | innovation / food / international business / organization theory / institutional change / sustainability / green food / nlp |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
This project addresses the perennial question of "How do global and local actors interact in institutional maintenance and change?" through two studies. The first study explains the behavior of multinational and domestic fast food chains as they drove and responded to the veganism trend across different countries. The second study unpacks formal and informal institutions in Japan surrounding organic food and geographical indication that were set in motion as Japan ratified bi- and multilateral economic partnership agreements with articles on rule harmonization.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
Article 1: With help from research assistants, I have managed to construct a dataset of over 2,000 non-meat hamburgers. Most of FY2023 was spent on the creation of another dataset that summarizes key financial data from companies that offer non-meat hamburgers. Once my co-author and I have combined both datasets, we will test hypotheses linking food innovation to financial resources and outcomes and write an article to be submitted to an academic journal. Depending on our results, I might write a second paper on the international diffusion of food innovations, comparing not only countries and regions but also local, regional and global fast food chains.
Article 2: My co-authors and I have started to draft two papers, one conceptual and the other empirical. Out of the approximately 80 restaurants we have identified that offer insects on their menus, we have so far interviewed 13. As we continue to negotiate access, we are widening data collection to other actors in the entomophagy space. We presented a manuscript with early findings at the Academy of Management (AOM) Organization and Management Theory Division Paper Development Workshop on "Doing Organizational Research Around the World", 8 December 2023, Singapore.
While both articles are taking longer than planned, the resource-intensive stages that required research assistance, Factiva database access, international travel for research presentations, etc. are now over. What remains are the penning and submission of manuscripts, all of which can be done without the need for further funding.
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