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■ Japanese Community Currencies: Key Factors for Sustainable Management
LAST NAME, First Name (School of Economics and Management, ……University）[Problem/Purpose]

The main implication of these factors is that successfully

Japan has a rich history of community currency (CC) systems

engaging external stakeholders, particularly local businesses, isand thesevaried CC organizations have shown effectiveness inTitlecrucial to the sustainability of a CC. The effective

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CCs with a focus on contributing to an overall best practices[References]

operational framework. The secondary purpose was to add toCalvo, S., & Morales,A. (2014). Exploring complementary currencies inthe English body of knowledge on Japanese CC systems.

Europe: a comparative study of local initiatives in Spain and the UnitedKingdom. Living in Minca.

[Methodology]
Two Japanese CC organizations are investigated in this paper.
Both have operated for more than 10 years, however one has
Headings A comparative design strategy inrecently stopped circulating.
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InKobayashi, S., Yoshida, M., & Yoshihisa, M. (2017). Historicaltransition of communityReferences
currencies in areJapan, paper prepared forleft aligned
The 4th International Conference
on Social and Complementary

Currencies, At Barcelona, Spain
Nakazato, H. and Hiramoto, T. (2012) ‘An Empirical Study of
the Social Effects of Community Currencies’ International
Journal of Community Currency Research.16 (D) 124-135

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Richey, S. (2007) ‘Manufacturing Trust: Community

These include observation of activities, semi-structured

Currencies and the creation of Social Capital’ Political Behavior.

interviews with organizational leaders, quantitative analysis ofVol.29, Issue 1,pp.69-88<www.ijccr.net> ISSN1325-9547

currency circulation data and a review of published papers andthe organizations’ websites. The data from both organizations
was analyzed within the same NPO managerial framework touncover key factors that contributed to the sustainable
management of these two LCs.
[Conclusion]
The results reveal five key sustainability factors:
1.

Partnering with a corporation or larger institution

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Clear organizational structure

3.

Positioning the currency to match stakeholders’ goals.

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Engaging with the local solidarity of businesses

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The compatibility of businesses with the CC concept

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