Heriberto Ruiz Tafoya- Doctor of Economics
- Research Officer at Doshisha University
Heriberto Ruiz Tafoya
- Doctor of Economics
- Research Officer at Doshisha University
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Introduction
My current research interest are Political Economy of Food, Urban Sociology of Eating, in particular Corporate Packaged Food Consumption in Slums and Re-appropriation of Food Consumption.
I used a Bottom-Up Approach. My current research methods are qualitative: life-history, life-story, participatory observation, comparative case study, and business model analysis of micro-businesses.
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October 2020 - present
Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics
Position
- Researcher
Description
- The Institute of Social Theory and Dynamics (ISTAD) is a non-profit academic organization that performs theoretical and empirical studies and research on the structure and dynamics of change in modern societies. Research and studies are conducted by utilizing sociological theories and methodologies on comparative analysis and studies on an international scale.
March 2020 - September 2020
Position
- English Writing Tutor
Description
- Here I advised face-to-face students interested in writing English language papers; in particular, I pay attention to their abstracts and try to teach them how to construct an argument and maintain coherence between the structure and content of the paper.
April 2019 - September 2020
Institute for Social Theory and Dynamics
Position
- Researcher
Description
- Engaged in research into ‘Urban Bottom Workers in Mexico City'
Education
October 2014 - February 2019
October 2012 - September 2014
October 2003 - September 2004
Publications
Publications (28)
本書は、都市部の貧困層における食品消費の重要なカテゴリーとして、企業の加工食品（corporate packaged food: CPF）が出現した歴史的・現代的状況を取り上げたものである。研究のフィールドはマニラ首都圏のスラム街で、執筆と読書の指針となる主な問いは次の通りである： なぜ、マニラ首都圏のスラム街やその周辺のサリサリストアで、小袋やボトル、缶などの包装をした数十種類の食品ブランドが売られているのか？
一般的な説明では、人々は単に余裕があるから消費しているのだと主張する。対照的に、Packaged Food, Packaged Lifeでは、スラム街における企業ブランドの豊富な消費は、単に所得や個人のライフスタイルの選択によるものではなく、歴史的状況の結果――つまり、生活条件の制...
Ruiz-Tafoya, Heriberto. 2023. "Packaged Food, Packaged Life: Corporate Food in Metro Manila's Slums" Ateneo de Manila University Press and Kyoto University Press. ISBN 978-621-448-242-9 (Philippines)/ISBN 978-4-8140-0475-1 (Japan)
Why are there dozens of food brands—in sachets, bottles, cans and other packaging—sold in every sari-sari store in the...
Why are there dozens of food brands—in sachets, bottles, cans and other packaging—sold in every sari-sari store in the slums of Metro Manila and beyond? General explanations claim that people simply consume them because they can afford them. By contrast, Packaged Food, Packaged Life argues that the abundant consumption of corporate brands in slums...
What would have happened if corporate packaged food (CPF) had not been available in neighborhoods that entered lockdown in Manila after the appearance of COVID-19? Is it possible that a minor failure in food provisioning to a distressed urban poor could have triggered looting and further social unrest? This paper takes these questions as a starting...
The capitalist system outputs millions of slum populations in developing countries. Rural misery, conflict, land dispossession, climate change, etc., are still driving people to migrate to main cities, and as a result, those cities are growing without having cleared where and when is the limit. In this paper, the main purpose is to clarify what is...
We are living in a planet of slums (Davis, 2006). Approximately 820 million inhabitants live in insecure and precarious houses, surrounded by threats of different kinds. Rural misery, conflict, land dispossession, climate change, etc., are still driving people to migrate to main cities, and as a result, the access to food becomes one of the main co...
This paper has a twofold purpose. First, to argue that a combined research of the market and meaning spheres clarifies the modus operandi of large processed food corporations in slums. In the market sphere occurs the trade of commodities expecting a physical or objective consumption; in the meaning sphere, the subjective experiences of retailers an...
The case of Ippodo Tea, a 300-year old Kyoto company, introduces readers to the varieties and pleasures of Japanese green tea, and shows how a company in one of Japan’s most traditional industries has changed with the times to remain relevant and thrive by promoting enjoyment of an old product in new ways. It is based on managerial decisions orches...
This chapter develops a business stakeholder perspective on inclusive innovation. We work from established definitions of business stakeholders as individuals or groups of people who seek both to influence the strategic decisions made by organisations while simultaneously seeking to draw benefits from its business operations, operations that might...
This paper develops a business stakeholder perspective on innovation. It explores the extent to which business innovation framed as ‘inclusive’ can act positively towards enabling members of ‘BoP’ populations achieve some experience of job security and thereby opportunities to gain skills and other resources relevant towards finding an enhanced exp...
This paper develops a business stakeholder perspective on innovation. It explores the extent to which business innovation framed as ‘inclusive’ can act positively towards enabling members of ‘base-of-the pyramid' (BoP) populations - in our case, of Manila, The Philippines - can achieve some experience of job security and thereby opportunities to ga...
In recent times, sustainability has been recognized as a critically important factor for doing business in the entire world, even more if food supply is one of the main concerns for the future of human being. This study provides a comprehensive overview of sustainability in one of the main global companies in the food industry: Nestlé. It shows how...
This publication shows the results of the calculation of the ‘Municipal Index of SMEs Development’ and focuses on the capacity of municipalities to create favorable business environment to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). It also reviews activities performed by companies (investment, exports activities, human resources practices, etc.). It poin...
This report queries the importance generally attributed to the SMEs for generating wealth for the economy, specifically the creation of added value. Despite the large amount of federal money used for the development of these enterprises, in a decade, the SMEs have lost relevance in the Mexican economy, going from 46.44 percent of the total gross ad...
This report queries the importance generally attributed to the SMEs for generating wealth for the economy, specifically the creation of added value. Despite the large amount of federal money used for the development of these enterprises, in a decade, the SMEs have lost relevance in the Mexican economy, going from 46.44 percent of the total gross ad...
In recent years, Mexico has not achieved economic growth according to its demographic and social needs. For instance, the unemployment is largely explained by the lack of enterprises that remain competitive in long term. Taking into account several variables which reflect the creation or disappearance of micro, small and mid-size enterprises (SMEs)...
In Mexico, since 2001, through the development of the Software Development Program, PROSOFT, several public policies have been intensified to expand the Information and Technology (IT) industry. Albeit the formation of 23 I.T. clusters and subsidies channeled to selected states dedicated to this industry, the results observed in the comparison of e...
Nowadays, there are a general consensus that the economic development is based on the capacity of create new knowledge and innovate. The global market is, in essence, highly competitive and accordingly with empirical evidences around the world, innovation and technology are the main sources of competitiveness and a key factor to succeed in the mode...
The lack of a strategic outlook is reflected in several backbone issues of development. The weakness of Mexican SMEs; the clear polarization between the North and the South Mexican regions; the fragility of the public finances; the worse conditions of the labour market; and the detriment of the quality of life of the population are clear examples o...
Los rubros de gasto autorizado están comprendidos por cuatro ejes temáticos: ver cuadro 35. 1) Asistencia técnica, capacitación y otros servicios relacionados para reduci el riesgo y los costos hundidos asociados a la aplicación industrial de productos y procesos innovadores. 2) Asistencia técnica, para aumentar la eficiencia en las decisiones de c...
In Mexico, even though the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are part of the official speech for promoting development through a diverse of programmes, creation of funds and institutions, etc. In real terms, this economic sector is having difficulties to compete not only in the international arena, but also in the local one. This report analyzes...
The Japanese economic model is a world reference in the fields of technology, economy and social development. In the case of the Development of Small and Medium Size Enterprises is not the exception, in Japan, there is an historical process of building institutions, laws, financing schemes, technical assistance programmes and mechanisms of integrat...
This paper reviews the theoretical concepts of open innovation in SMEs research. It is based on empirical cases in Mexico and Japan. The purpose is to analyze the mechanisms of collaboration for innovation in Manufacturing SMEs contrasting both countries. It makes a descriptive and broad comparative analysis of the two experiences of small manufact...
This article discusses the status of National Innovation System in Mexico and proposes several changes in the science and technological development policy prior to the presidential elections for the period of 2006-2012. The S&T plans tend to be more ideals or action items than overall strategies. While the visions include participation of stakehold...
The purpose of this investigation is to know the housing policies that the federal government realized since 1989 to 1997. It also makes an evaluation about the situation of popular housing in Mexico City. Likewise, it detected the areas that have mayor problems and in order to analyze the present and the immediate repercussions in economy, focuses...
