KEIO SFC JOURNAL

Special Issue on Policy Management

INVITED PAPERS Recognition Science - A Tentative Framework Shumpei Kumon Director, The Institute for Social Knowledge and Collaborations: Kumon Center, Tama University In recent years, various endeavors to build "design sciences" as discipline-free, purposeful sciences with various themes have been observed. Development of such new sciences however has to be grounded in some form of "recognition science". Above all, establishment and application of a "general recognition science" that lies beyond the boundaries of individual recognition-scientific disciplines is indispensable for the success of design science. This paper identifies general recognition science with general systems theory and, having distinguished four major forms...

Issues on Service Innovations

INVITED PAPERS Japan's Potential in Service Innovation Atsushi Ogasawara Professor, Graduate School of Technology Management, Ritsumeikan University / Deputy Director, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Kiyonori Sakakibara Professor, Faculty of Policy Management, Keio University Innovation in the service industry, or service innovation shortly, becomes important in many countries, including Japan. Among many talks about service innovation, IBM's proposal on "service science" and the University of Tokyo's initiative on "service engineering" are worthy consideration. The case-based discussion suggests Japan's high potential in service innovation. Service Innovation led by Start-ups − New business model and Web 2.0 will penetrate...

East Asia since 1990: Contemporary Trends and Issues

SPECIAL FEATURE ARTICLESINVITED PAPERS 从战略性多边主义到制度性多边主义-论冷战后中国多边外交的发展 牛 仲君 中国外交学院副教授 从一国外交与国际制度关系的角度...

RESEARCH PAPERS Linguistic Diversity and Multilingualism in Information Society − Bridging the linguistic digital divide Keisuke Kamimura Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University This article presents a theoretical framework to discuss the issue of software localization from a perspective of language planning. Secondly, it provides analysis on the status of software localization to show that the difference among languages in the extent to which localization is achieved is not attributed to technological and economic factors alone. Thirdly, the article provides a language planning model to intervene into the processes for software localization, followed by a study...

RESEARCH PAPERS A Longitudinal Study of Stress and Burnout among Employees of an Elderly Care Institution − A case study at a group home for dementia people Emiko Ban Doctoral Program, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University The purpose of this study is to explore the longitudinal change of stressors and burnout experienced by workers of group home for dementia people. Using questionnaires, approximately 40 workers at a group home were surveyed every three month for 5 times. The organizational restructuring occurred between the third and forth survey. The stressors which were experienced most frequently throughout the research...