The Value Research Center was officially established at Doshisha University in Kyoto Japan in November 2021. The purpose of this research center is to research and develop a system for measuring, monitoring, assessing and reporting on value creation and destruction impacts that organizations make on various stakeholder groups including (1) the organization itself, as well as its (2) shareholders or owners, (3) customers, (4) employees, (5) partners, the (6) society within which it operates and (7) the planet.

Our research brings together and integrates concepts from marketing (value and service) economics (macro and micro economic theory), accounting (sustainability reporting and integrated reporting), technology (data pods, distributed ledger technology and AI), sustainability (net zero, biodiversity, etc.), finance (firm value, shareholder value, etc.). For these efforts to succeed we must work with top researchers and practitioners across all of these fields not only in Japan but globally. Towards this end we plan to hold activities across three areas, including (1) value model validation, (2) financial model development and (3) distributed data, distributed ledger technologies, and AI system development for measuring value. In addition to these three research tracks, we intend to (4) widely disseminate our research findings through international academic and business conferences, journal articles and books as well as hosting an annual Value Summit here on the Doshisha University campus.

While research on value has been conducted for centuries, to date, no researcher or organization has brought these results and concepts together into a clear and comprehensive model. In order to help humanity achieve solutions to the most important and pressing challenges facing us today, the aim of our collective efforts is to provide such a model as a service to governments, businesses and academic researchers globally.