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Activities to develop low-carbon society businesses in Japan started in 2009 and have been executed until now. Governmental funds were invested intensively in four areas – City of Yokohama, Toyota City, Keihanna (Kyoto), and City of Kitakyushu – and the verification projects were executed. The research was conducted in order that low-carbon society businesses will be smoothly developed after the verification projects. It was found through the projects that the following points were important to develop low-carbon society businesses. The first point was that the governmental support should be based not on element technologies but on future business models. The second point was that technologies should be selected based on the future business models. The third point was prioritization and the fourth point was the management function to develop business models.
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Iwamoto, T., Aoki, H. (2017). Development of Low-Carbon Society Businesses in Japan. In: Matsumoto, M., Masui, K., Fukushige, S., Kondoh, S. (eds) Sustainability Through Innovation in Product Life Cycle Design. EcoProduction. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0471-1_19
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