Ten Years in the Making: Japan’s Impact Economy Case and Film Series
Ten Years in the Making: Building Japan’s Impact Economy is a case and film series designed for academics and practitioners globally, including the Oxford Impact Investing Programmed. It features the efforts of Japan-based Social Innovation and Investment Foundation (SIIF) and its partners to build an impact investing network and impact economy over a decade. It was developed by a research team led by Gayle Peterson, pfc social advisors’ CEO, Associate Fellow and Oxford Impact Investing Programme Director at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School as well as Skoll Centre Visiting Fellow.
Content
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
Appendix A: List of Interviewees
Chapter 1:What Makes Japan Special
Chapter 2:Japan’s Wicked Problems
Chapter 3:Deliberate Leadership
Chapter 4:SIIF as Catalyst, Convenor, Collaborator
Appendix B: Examples of SIBs (Social Impact Bonds)
Chapter 5:Case Study
Case Study1: Insights into Japan’s First Impact Funds
Appendix C: Hataraku Fund Logic Model
Case Study2: Women as an Economic Driver
Case Study3: Satoyama—A0 Group Investing in Nature-Positive, Community Wealth Building
Appendix D: A0 Group Case Study Supplemental
Case Study4: What is Impact: Who Decides and Why it Matters
Chapter 6: Conclusion
“Ten Years in the Making: Japan’s Impact Economy Case and Film Series”
