Impacts of multi-functionality of urban agriculture on the CCs in Japan

Kiminami, Lily; Kiminami, Akira; Furuzawa, Shinichi

doi:10.1007/s41685-018-0076-2

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“…There are not many empirical studies on the creative classes in Japan (Westlund and Calidoni 2010 ; Ishisaka 2014 ; Yoshimura 2009 ; Kiminami et al 2018 ). Amongst, Westlund and Calidoni 2010 is a pioneering empirical.…”

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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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“…This can be seen as an attempt to match the process aspect of creativity with the person aspect and even with the profession. Kiminami et al (2018Kiminami et al ( , 2019 also conducted empirical analysis by treating people who emphasize creative thinking as CC in the same way.…”

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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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“…On the other hand, it has an aspect of exploratory sequential design in that the qualitative research analyzes the historical changes and feedback of the CSV process based on the analytical results of the quantitative research. It also includes elements of exploratory sequential design in that the variables used in the quantitative research are based on the results of qualitative research conducted in the past (Kiminami et al 2018 , 2020 ).…”

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

2022

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The purpose of this research is to clarify the mechanism of creating shared value in Japan’s urban agriculture by focusing on the cognitive innovation of social entrepreneurship and urban residents’ cognition and behavior toward urban agriculture. Specifically, we introduce a mixed methods approach by integrating a multiple case-based qualitative exploration method for clarifying the cognitive innovation of social entrepreneurship and a quantitative sociological approach to the authors’ original questionnaire for analyzing the urban residents’ cognition toward urban agriculture. The following results are obtained from our empirical analysis. First, the results of latent class analysis clarified that diversified cognition and behavior toward urban agriculture are existing in urban residents. Second, the results of case analysis clarified that social entrepreneurs with radical cognitive innovation and gradual cognitive innovation are able to solve social problems and enhance competency through urban agriculture with stakeholders. However, social entrepreneurs fallen into social dilemma of cognitive innovation should pay more attention to organizational learning while involving residents in urban agriculture. Policy implication drawn from the above-mentioned results suggests that a system change may happen when urban agriculture in Japan becomes more familiar to general urban residents through collective social entrepreneurship.

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