京都大学 京都大学

Comparative Farm ManagementA

Numbering Code G-AGR06 7FA73 LJ82 Year/Term 2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year Target Student
Language Japanese Day/Period Tue.3
Instructor name TSUJIMURA HIDEYUKI (Graduate School of Agriculture Professor)
KITO YAYOI (Graduate School of Agriculture Senior Lecturer)
Outline and Purpose of the Course lectures and seminars on the type of enterprise, decision-making and ethics of farm and coordination of quality, price and safety in regional and global agri-food system
Course Goals Students will engage in and learn the following skills by selecting a research theme and conducting research and analysis on the selected theme: Survey the studies conducted in the past on analytical frameworks and supporting theories for representing the process of food production, supply and consumption as one coordinating system, and compile the results;
Research the studies conducted in the past related to the theories and analysis techniques for identifying specific problems in coordination and proposing solutions, and compile the results.
Schedule and Contents Students will select a theme based on the areas and topics described above, survey literature in the related fields, conduct research and analysis, report on the progress, lead a discussion and summarize the results.

In total, there will be 15 presentations and Q&As.


The following publications will be considered.
?Institutional economics
Hodgson, G.M. (1997). A Manifesto for a Modern Institutional Economics (Japanese Translation). The University of Nagoya Press.
?Economics of Convention
Allaire, G. & Boyer, R. (1997). La Grande Transformation de l’agriculture (Japanese translation). (1st vol.). Rural Culture Association Japan.
Boltanski, L. & Thvenot, L. (2007). On Justification. Shinyosha.
?Theory of industrial organization
Carlton, D. W. C. & Perloff, J. M. (2005). Modern Industrial Organization (4th ed.). Pearson Addison Wesley.
?Behavioral economics/cognitive behavioral analysis
Takemura, K. (2009). Behavioral Decision Theory: Psychological and Mathematical
Descriptions of Human Choice Behavior. Nippon Hyoron Sha, Co., Ltd.
Sugimoto, T. (Ed.). (2012). New Psychology for Understanding Consumers. Fukumura Shuppan Inc.

?Management awareness and social responsibility
Yamamoto, Y. (Ed.). Management Theory. Bunshindo Publishing Corporation.
Jonas, H. Principle of Responsibility. Toshindo.
Evaluation Methods and Policy Grading will be based on an overall assessment of criteria such as presentations, class participation, and reports.
Course Requirements Students are expected to pursue their research themes proactively and prepare thoroughly for their report so that they are ready to answer questions from other students.
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students are expected to pursue their research themes proactively and prepare thoroughly for their report so that they are ready to answer questions from other students. The objective of this course is to enable students to pursue their research themes, and the report presentations and Q&A sessions are designed to help students achieve the objective. Students are to monitor the progress of their research projects on their own and give a report to the class accordingly.
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