| 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 |
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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 | organization theory / international business / innovation / institutional change / food / 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 Final Research Achievements |
This project addresses the overarching question of how global and local actors interact in institutional maintenance and change through two studies. The first study, which was presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), 9-11 July 2022 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, seeks to explain the behavior of multinational and domestic fast food chains as they drove and responded to the veganism trend across different countries. The second study, which was presented Academy of Management (AOM) Organization and Management Theory Division Paper Development Workshop on "Doing Organizational Research Around the World", 8 December 2023 in Singapore, deals with the complex interaction of tradition and innovation in entomophagy, i.e., insects as food. This second study is being divided into two articles - one conceptual and the other empirical, with the latter focusing on framing efforts by insect-serving restaurant owners in Japan.
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| Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
Scientifically, this project contributes to the intersection between organization theory and international business by studying agency across national borders.
Societally, it shows the interplay of global and local actors in the sensitive yet ever-evolving topic of food culture.
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