2017 Fiscal Year Research-status Report
Sustainable CSR Enterprise and Rural Community Business Models
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17K03914
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| Research Institution | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University |
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Principal Investigator |
DRUMMOND Damon 立命館アジア太平洋大学, 国際経営学部, 准教授 (30341613)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
李 只香 九州共立大学, 経済学部, 教授 (80309731)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2017-04-01 – 2020-03-31
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| Keywords | Community Business / CSR / Rural community / Social sustainability / KPI / Korea / Japan / Europe |
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
The following research activity themes were adopted, Converse, Engage and Create.
1) Converse: Communication was had with various interested and supporting research partners such as; CSR Forums of Asia, Europe and Sweden and the Forum for Social Innovation has been reaffirmed. Presentations in Europe and Japan were conducted. The principal and supporting researchers have attended both local Japan and Asia and European international conferences to seek out trends in Enterprise Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and related Community Business (CB) considerations and receive feedback on our research objectives.
Observation and field interviews with related business and community leaders or experts were conducted in both in Japan and overseas. New related research themes were identified and other research related groups contacts made. This has added collaboration partners and research path information.
2) Engage: Conferences in Europe and Asia and regional focus groups of relevant persons has assisted in verifying and modifying research assumptions about the behaviour and relationship of enterprise CSR and rural CB benefits structural paths and direction and alternates. Connections with research associates in Japan and Europe have been strengthened.
3) Create: A structured field survey for research with individuals through the use of focus groups to collate data has been tested. This aims to test the benefits and structures of enterprise CSR to rural CB. Visits with relevant NGOs and university research organisations is extremely useful.
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| Current Status of Research Progress |
Current Status of Research Progress
2: Research has progressed on the whole more than it was originally planned.
Reason
In accordance with the stated 2017 research plan, research activity was ongoing and firstly collected broad published materials on related keywords. Further the following research activity themes were adopted, Converse, Engage and Create.
Conversed: Communicated with research partners and experts. Attended conferences and shared views and as a result modified approach. Completed local field visits. As such have researched, collated data and created working papers of results so far.
The principal and supporting researcher have attended both local and international conferences and identified new resources and trends for Enterprise CSR and related CB considerations. This was along the lines of what was expected to be achieved at this stage.
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
At the same time, it will become important to generate and test evolving themes to establish the most exemplary models of successful Enterprise CSR to rural CB cases in their respective type and KPIs. This will happen mostly over the Summer 2018.
Engage: Other conferences with regional focus with relevant persons will assist in verifying, modelling and modifying research parameters and theory developed about the behavioural patterns and relationships between enterprise CSR and rural CB.
Create: A structured field survey will be used. This aims to test the benefits and structures of enterprise CSR to rural CB. Visits with relevant NGOs and university research organisations will continue.
In 2018, interim publication of results is planned at one or two relevant international management academic conferences with the aim to again, broadly engage with expert others and confirm research direction.
The general focus is to move to consolidation of the above research activities by documentation, analysis and most importantly publication of results to justify the research and conclusions.For example, preparations are underway for a researcher team visit to Wanju, South Korea in November 2018. Paper submission drafts are being prepared.
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| Causes of Carryover |
Ongoing related research costs and travelling expenses.
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