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by the decisions (Freeman 1984). The broad definition of stakeholders suggests the
importance of having a holistic picture of a wide range of in the decision-making
environment that might appear to be dominated by a few executives. Freeman
regards stakeholder management as an opportunity for value creation through
developing collaborative relationships with stakeholders external to the organization in focus.
The same principle can be applied to varieties of studies in the field of public
policy. The term stakeholder encompasses a wide range of organizations and individuals that have, either direct or indirect, relationships with the policy and decision
that policy analyst is concerned about. It should not be limited to the formal organizations that have statutory rights to participate and/or veto. Albeit this narrow conception might be useful in legal studies, the boundary between who have the stake
or not is quite obscure in the realm of politics. Therefore, any policy analysis with
focus on stakeholders, for instance, should involve those organizations and individuals that have implication with the policy even if they have no formal rights to
redress.
In the context of public policy, analyzing stakeholders has been particularly
important at the relatively local level. For decisions pertaining to specific development projects, categories of stakeholders are often represented by specific organizations, corporations, and individuals. Case studies, as well as pragmatic analysis for
convening stakeholder dialogues, identify these stakeholders and analyze the interaction between these specific stakeholders in policy-making processes. The category of stakeholders becomes less specific when the analysis of stakeholder is
applied to national and international strategies. In such instances, a manageable
number of broad categories of stakeholders are defined.
3.1.2 Applying the Stakeholder Perspective to the Biofuel
Cases
When we apply this stakeholder perspective to analyzing the sustainable deployment of biofuels, the way of defining stakeholders can vary significantly. For example, if one intends to limit the focus to the distillation processes of sugarcane-based
ethanol on Miyakojima Island in Japan, stakeholder categories would be represented
by specific organizations or even individuals such as councilpersons and village
heads. On the other hand, if we broaden the focus to the global strategy for the sustainable use of biofuels, including a wide range of feedstocks, as we intend in this
book, stakeholder categories would be defined by the broad functions of stakeholders in the series of biofuel production and delivery processes. In order to limit the
number of stakeholder categories at a practical level, organizations and individuals
have to be bundled together under a certain category.
Stakeholder dialogues have already been convened in the context of sustainable
deployment of biofuels. For instance, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
(RSB), which is convened by the Energy Center at École Polytechnique Fédérale de
M. Matsuura and H. Shiroyama
by the decisions (Freeman 1984). The broad definition of stakeholders suggests the
importance of having a holistic picture of a wide range of in the decision-making
environment that might appear to be dominated by a few executives. Freeman
regards stakeholder management as an opportunity for value creation through
developing collaborative relationships with stakeholders external to the organization in focus.
The same principle can be applied to varieties of studies in the field of public
policy. The term stakeholder encompasses a wide range of organizations and individuals that have, either direct or indirect, relationships with the policy and decision
that policy analyst is concerned about. It should not be limited to the formal organizations that have statutory rights to participate and/or veto. Albeit this narrow conception might be useful in legal studies, the boundary between who have the stake
or not is quite obscure in the realm of politics. Therefore, any policy analysis with
focus on stakeholders, for instance, should involve those organizations and individuals that have implication with the policy even if they have no formal rights to
redress.
In the context of public policy, analyzing stakeholders has been particularly
important at the relatively local level. For decisions pertaining to specific development projects, categories of stakeholders are often represented by specific organizations, corporations, and individuals. Case studies, as well as pragmatic analysis for
convening stakeholder dialogues, identify these stakeholders and analyze the interaction between these specific stakeholders in policy-making processes. The category of stakeholders becomes less specific when the analysis of stakeholder is
applied to national and international strategies. In such instances, a manageable
number of broad categories of stakeholders are defined.
3.1.2 Applying the Stakeholder Perspective to the Biofuel
Cases
When we apply this stakeholder perspective to analyzing the sustainable deployment of biofuels, the way of defining stakeholders can vary significantly. For example, if one intends to limit the focus to the distillation processes of sugarcane-based
ethanol on Miyakojima Island in Japan, stakeholder categories would be represented
by specific organizations or even individuals such as councilpersons and village
heads. On the other hand, if we broaden the focus to the global strategy for the sustainable use of biofuels, including a wide range of feedstocks, as we intend in this
book, stakeholder categories would be defined by the broad functions of stakeholders in the series of biofuel production and delivery processes. In order to limit the
number of stakeholder categories at a practical level, organizations and individuals
have to be bundled together under a certain category.
Stakeholder dialogues have already been convened in the context of sustainable
deployment of biofuels. For instance, the Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels
(RSB), which is convened by the Energy Center at École Polytechnique Fédérale de
M. Matsuura and H. Shiroyama