In this study, we reviewed the Japanese inns and hotels that are making efforts to accommodate foreign visitors to Japan, and through field surveys and interviews with three particularly highly rated inns, Yamashiroya, Sawanoya, and Fuji-Hakone Guesthouse, we derived their characteristics in order to obtain concrete suggestions for such efforts. The three guesthouses share the following features as their attractions for foreign guests: 1) effective use of old facilities and ingenuity, 2) multilingual signage and information, and necessary and sufficient communication in English, 3) interaction with others and home-like hospitality. As a measure for accommodating foreign guests in the lodging industry, it was considered that globalization, such as multilingualization, would reduce inconvenience, and that interaction with guests and local residents, as well as events to experience Japanese culture, would increase satisfaction, while Japanese home-style hospitality would provide a sense of security.

“Servitization” is progressing not only in the manufacturing industry but also in the retail and service industries. However, “servitization” in SMEs has been delayed. The reason is that the quality of conduct of the method of servitization is low. Now is the time to build a methodology for servitization in SMEs. It is required that a concrete method be examined. The purpose of this research is to clarify management issues during servitization and to sort out improvement points to overcome those issues. In this paper, we examined the subscription revenue model that supports the business model of continuous transactions (recurring business). Specifically, we presented a mathematical model for generating profits.

This study is to clarify the issue of the SMECs (small and medium-sized enterprises management consultants). The purpose of this paper is to show the issue to be resolved for their future development, since they have to make a contribution to various social challenges in Japan. This study is based on statistical research methodology. We review the statistical data both positively and negatively from comprehensive perspectives. Then, we propose a hypothesis that some SMECs are facing mismatch between the qualification and their career development due to a certain social factor. The hypothesis can be used in related research and future work is needed to verify what the social factor is like.

In recent years, information security has become more important due to the development of the information society, and there is an increasing need for people using the Internet to think about information security. In this research, we proposed a “awareness improvement game” and developed a prototype of the game for students to improve their awareness of information security. In the system, we expected that even beginners of information security could learn information security by using gamification. In addition, we focused on the “viewpoint of attacking” related to information security and introduced the “viewpoint of attacking” into the game, we expected to know what they need to pay attention to in their daily lives.

Agricultural products direct sales offices at Roadside Station are increasing in popularity with consumers’ support for an assortment of agricultural products such as freshness, cheapness, and safety and security. Most of the contracts with producers are consignment sales contracts, and there are many cases in which they are reluctant to actively promote sales to consumers because there is no inventory burden on the sales side. On the other hand, at the direct sales office in Wakayama Prefecture, which handles agricultural products at Roadside Station K, the effect of increasing the number of shippers and sales was seen by actively promoting sales. In this paper, we will focus on the brand strategy and try to clarify the mechanism of aggressive sales promotion based on the interview survey from the people concerned of Roadside Station K.

The number of foreign workers seeking employment Japan has been increasing every year. However, the willingness of companies to employ them has not increased accordingly. To help Japanese companies promote the employment of foreign human resources and support their post-hiring empowerment, I suggest ways to encourage the employment of foreign workers by Japanese companies by clarifying the gaps that exist between foreign workers and Japanese managers. This analysis concluded the following. First, to create more employment opportunities for international students, the recruiting activity for foreign workers should be considered. Second, the personal ability evaluation should be clarified to accept excellent foreign human resources.

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the characteristics of diversity management in the “100 Diversity Management Companies ” and “100 New Diversity Management Companies ” by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. We will analyze the reports of 268 companies from 2012 to 2019 using the metric text analysis (KH Coder). As a result of cross-sectionally looking at the selected companies by year, efforts to promote the active participation of women and management results were shown. By region (Tokyo, Osaka, Aichi), companies in Tokyo and Osaka are more active in women than companies in Aichi, and the management results of women are remarkable. In addition, there are many manufacturing industries in Aichi and Osaka, especially in Aichi, where more than 50% of the companies are in the manufacturing industry. This indicates that the technology and skills of the elderly are passed on to the next generation, and that foreigners and people with disabilities are also active in the manufacturing industry.

For manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with limited resources, absorptive capacity plays an important role for successful new product development in response to changes in the environment and creating great added value. This paper examines previous studies and case studies, and proposes hypotheses about the factors that promote manufacturing SMEs to increase their absorptive capacity, seize market needs, recognize opportunities, and create new product concepts. The contents of the hypothesis are as follows. That is, (1) to disseminate information on products and technologies of the firm,(2) to acquire both needs knowledge and seeds knowledge from the outside as a result of disseminating information, (3) to have alertness,(4) to have an information sharing mechanism, and (5) experience in new product development improves absorptive capacity. Consequently, the improved absorptive capacity promotes opportunity recognition and new product concept creation, and ultimately achieves a competitive advantage.

This study was conducted in September 2020, and the papers under research in the preliminary drafts of the Japan Society of Business Diagnostics’ National Congress, “Accounting Evaluation theory in Hideki Fujii’s theory”, and research presentations were added and corrected based on the submission of papers by the Japan Business Diagnostic Society. From the latter half of the 1990s to the early 2000’s, there was a big change in the accounting system. Fujii pioneered the relationship between acquisition cost principle and feasibility basis. And, Fujii carried out the life acquisition cost principle, and developed a consistent theory from beginning to end. The research question of this report is an academic reason why Fujii stuck to the acquisition cost principle accounting.

Utilization of information technology, promotion of preventive medical care, and promotion of nursing care prevention are issues in Japan in a super-aging society. The authors have designed and proposed a new health-medical-welfare support information system using resident information (wisdom of crowds) and specialized knowledge. Based on this result, the purpose of this study is to design a health-medical-welfare support information system using “resident information (wisdom of crowds)” and “family watching” for preventive medicine care and nursing care prevention in the health-medial-welfare field in Japan. For that purpose, we discuss the environment surrounding health-medical-welfare, and consider ideas and issues in the family watching health-medical- welfare support information system through the design of the support information system for preventive medical care, dementia prevention, and nursing care prevention.

In this research, we analyzed the implementation status of events involving local governments to explore collaboration within local governments with departments other than the department in charge of health. The analysis was conducted using multiple response analysis to find effective events and collaborators to promote the health of young people, including events that do not have health as their main purpose. The results indicated that the parties with whom the department in charge of health should seek cooperation in order to develop health promotion projects and to make contact with young people are the secretariat of the board of education and committees, federations, and councils. Furthermore, in order to provide an environment in which people who are indifferent to health can take healthy action, it was shown that it is effective to provide information tailored to the stage of behavioral change and to request cooperation from collaborators in recommending events that contribute to health promotion through participation.

The project to promote community health and occupational health, which started as a joint model project in 2002, has been developing. However, there are few reports of the remarkable achievements of the project. The project is expected to serve as a significant infrastructure to connect several related organizations. In this study, we showed the structure of the project from the viewpoint of system engineering. We also presented four causal loop diagrams surrounding the project to shed light on the system. Besides, we have shown the points and measures to operate this project effectively and efficiently.

In many large hospitals, facilities have been improved by introducing new facilities and equipment to meet the required functions in accordance with the changes in medical policy, and by renovation and extension in accordance with the reorganization of wards. However, in the facilities after construction, patients and medical staff complained about the complicated flow lines and inconveniences around the water, and there are cases where the maintenance of the facilities has not led to the improvement of the environment. Therefore, in this study, we took hospitals A and B, which have been evaluated as excellent hospital buildings from the time of their establishment to the present, as examples, and conducted a material survey, a field survey, and an interview survey with the person in charge of facility maintenance. The facilities were compared and analyzed. As a result, it was found that, based on the management of sound hospital management to ensure the quality of medical care, multiple occupations are involved in the planning for facility development on a daily basis. From the efforts of the two facilities, we will present the system of the facility development plan required to support high-quality medical care.

We will consider the management impact of country of origin (COO) information as a marketing strategy when a restaurant brand expands overseas. Specifically, taking the example of the Australian restaurant brand “bills” when the business expanded in Japan and Asian countries, how the COO information had an effect on local consumers and stake holders. It can be seen that COO information influences consumers’ decision-making when purchasing services and thus has a great influence on the management strategies of companies expanding internationally. COO information can be said to be one of the most important themes to consider for restaurant branding.

This paper intends to deepen the discussion on the marketing mix. The analysis is based on McCarthy (1960) “4Ps” and analyzes the starting point of the concept related to resource allocation. The study also analyzes the relationship between the starting point of the marketing mix concept and the resource allocation. And the survey examines the typology of resource allocation patterns. In addition, this paper analyzes the contemporary significance of the 4Ps and the possibility of their developmental use, and attempts to present the implications of their focus in management diagnosis.