Japan Social Innovation Journal

Volume 1, No. 1, April 2011

The JSIJ is Japan’s first peer-reviewed journal on Social Innovation published online in English. It aims to introduce the general audience to a wide scope of innovative ideas,views and activities that contribute to social development in Japan as well as in other countries.  The Japan Social Innovation Journal is published by the Institute for Policy Analysis and Social Innovation (IPS).

Japan Social Innovation Journal
Volume 1, No. 1, April 2011   ISSN: 2185-9493
Edited by: Yoshimasa Katoh, Maria M. Ikeda

 

Special Inaugural Issue
Message from the President of the University of Hyogo	Masayoshi Kiyohara	iii
Message from the Director of the Institute for Policy Analysis and Social Innovation	Yoshimasa Katoh	iv
Editor’s Note: Overview of the JSIJ Inaugural Issue	Maria M. Ikeda	v
Articles
Implementation of the Kobe City Recovery Plan	Yuichi Honjo	1
The Development of Social Enterprise from the point of view of Social Inclusion	Alan Kay	12
Transformation of Czech Ownership Relations after the Velvet Revolution: A Social and Economic Innovation	Ivana Kraftova	24
Entrepreneurship, Technology and Innovation in Poverty Reduction	Toshihiro Nakamura	35
Current Situation on Consumer Credit in Vietnam:Legal Framework for Formal Financial Sector	Iwase Maomi	40
Vietnam laws -Implications of a company’s “legal representative”	Bui Ngoc Hong	46
Essays: “Voices”
Daily life in Vietnam: Common People’s Financial Situation	Tsukahara Nagaaki	51
Role of the University in Community Development from A Student’s Perspective: Case of Meimai Housing Complex	Ryo Kato	52

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