Analysis of Key Success Factors for Eco-Business Through Case Studies in Japan

Shinsuke Kondoh; Kei Kurakawa; Satoru Kato; Yasushi Umeda; Shozo Takata

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IJAT Vol.6 No.3 pp. 252-263

doi: 10.20965/ijat.2012.p0252

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Analysis of Key Success Factors for Eco-Business Through Case Studies in Japan

Shinsuke Kondoh^1, Kei Kurakawa^2, Satoru Kato^3,
Yasushi Umeda^4, and Shozo Takata^*5

^*1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), 1-2-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

^*2National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan

^*3Nagoya Sangyo University, 3255-5 Araicho-Yamanota, Owariasahi, Aichi, Japan

^*4Osaka University, 2-1 Yamadaoka, Suita-shi, Osaka, Japan

^*5Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ohkubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Received:

November 9, 2011

Accepted:

April 9, 2012

Published:

May 5, 2012

Keywords:

eco-business, success factors, customer value, design support tool, case data base

Abstract

In order to solve environmental problems, a transition from conventional business to environmentally conscious business (eco-business) is urgently needed. Support for finding eco-business ideas will help to promote this transition. As a step in this direction, this paper takes an approach that provides a business designer with general rules and prerequisites extracted from existing eco-businesses. This paper collects 130 examples of eco-businesses in Japan and then investigates and classifies them to develop general guidelines and checklists for success. As a result, four kinds of customer value provided by eco-businesses, eight rules that couple the the reduction of environmental load of society with the four customer values, and eight rules for cutting business costs are derived. A tool for planning a new eco-businesses is also proposed.

Cite this article as:

S. Kondoh, K. Kurakawa, S. Kato, Y. Umeda, and S. Takata, “Analysis of Key Success Factors for Eco-Business Through Case Studies in Japan,” Int. J. Automation Technol., Vol.6 No.3, pp. 252-263, 2012.

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Analysis of Key Success Factors for Eco-Business Through Case Studies in Japan

Shinsuke Kondoh*1, Kei Kurakawa*2, Satoru Kato*3, Yasushi Umeda*4, and Shozo Takata*5

Shinsuke Kondoh^1, Kei Kurakawa^2, Satoru Kato^3,
Yasushi Umeda^4, and Shozo Takata^*5