Study on Function of Corporate Social Capital in Farm Business

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K07603
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Agricultural science in management and economy
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Kiminami Akira 東京大学, 大学院農学生命科学研究科(農学部), 教授 (00186305)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 農業経営 / 企業ソーシャルキャピタル / 経営管理

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examined the relationship between social capital theory and farm management science and compiled it, for building corporate social capital theory of farm business. We analyzed the actual condition of various agricultural management and grasped the actual state of the function of corporate social capital. In order to quantitatively grasp and analyze the function of corporate social capital in farm business, we collected managerial and financial data of agricultural corporations, and executed questionnaire survey on business management and managerial performance of them. We approached corporate social capital from the aspect of external dependence of management and quantitatively clarified the relationship between corporate social capital and performance on finance and human resources management.

Free Research Field

農業経営学