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Published in January 2010

2010.1
Musashi University
Community Business Research Group
Representative: Noriyuki Takahashi
(Professor, Department Department of Management Faculty of Economics)
1-26-1 Toyotamakami, Nerima-ku
Thank you very much for your understanding and cooperation with our research group activities. Thanks to you, we were able to carry out meaningful activities last year. We would like to report on the details of these activities below.

1. Community Business Seminar (3 sessions) (co-hosted with Nerima Ward)

Overall title: "Local work enriches you and your life"

Speaker: Akira Nagasawa (Representative Director of NPO Community Business Support Center)
Location: Musashi University Building 8, 5th floor, classroom 8504

Dates and themes:
1st October 8, 2009 (Thursday) 19:00-20:30
"What is Community Business? Learning about Community Business from Case Studies"

2nd session 10th and 15th 2009 (Thursday) 19:00-20:30
"Community business start-up know-how/general management"

3rd October 22, 2009 (Thursday) 19:00-20:30
"Community Business Seminar: Creating a business model for solving local issues in Nerima"

Total number of participants: 106

2. Holding a community business seminar (co-hosted with Nerima Ward)

Overall title: "The road to regional revitalization: Kurokawa Onsen reborn as a popular hot spring resort visited by over 1 million people a year"

Lecturer: Mr. Kengo Goto (Chairman of the Kurokawa Onsen Tourism Association)
Date and time: October 24th (Sat) 15:00-17:00
Location: Musashi University Building 8, 7th floor, Room 8702
Number of participants: 36 people

3. Conducting hearing activities (3 locations)

1. NPO Entrepreneur Support Network Headquarters (1-24 Matsubara-cho, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture)

  1. Hosted by Ms. Mieko Sekido (Director and Founder), Ms. Minako Kuno (Representative Director)
  2. Date: October 1st to 2nd, 2009
  3. Purpose: We investigated the network formation process leading up to the founding of an entrepreneurial support organization that primarily supports community businesses.

2. Bungotakada City Tourism and Urban Development Co., Ltd. (989-1 Shinmachi, Bungotakada City, Oita Prefecture) and others

  1. Dates September 14th to 16th, 2009
  2. Purpose: We conducted a hearing survey on the formation and development of community businesses.

3. Yomitan Village Kukuru Resort "Murasaki Mura" and others

  1. Hosted by: Mr. Masaaki Kuniyoshi (President of Murasaki Mura), Mr. Hiroki Ogura (Representative of the Yomitan Nature School Experience Workshop), Ms. Kyoko Kuniyoshi (Representative of the Experience Human Resources Bank), and Mr. Yasuo Arakaki (Chairman of the Association to Consider the Future of Tourism in Okinawa)
  2. Dates: October 4th to 7th, 2009
  3. Purpose: We conducted a hearing survey on the formation and development of community businesses.

4. Conducting research meetings

1. May 9, 2009

Meeting to discuss 2009 activity plans, etc.

2. June 27, 2009

Meetings regarding potential interview subjects, etc.

3. October 17, 2009

Reports from business trips to Yomitan Village, Okinawa Prefecture and Bungotakada City, Fukuoka Prefecture
Musashi University Community Business Study Group is a study group that anyone can participate in.
We welcome your opinions, suggestions, and questions regarding our research group's activities.
Please feel free to send us an email. We look forward to hearing from you.

Contact UsInquiry

Ken Ishizaka, Representative of the Musashi Community Business Research Association

Email
s509d001@st.musashi.ac.jp

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