Causal Relationship Analysis of the Impact of Prefabrication on Construction Waste Reduction

2015 ◽  
pp. 811-821
Author(s):  
Huanyu Wu ◽  
Jiayuan Wang ◽  
Wenmin Huang
Keyword(s):  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Relationship Analysis ◽  
The Impact

Ease of Doing Business and Its Impact on Inward FDI

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Tareq Hossain ◽  
Zubair Hassan ◽  
Sumaiya Shafiq ◽  
Abdul Basit
Keyword(s):  
Regression Model ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Doing Business ◽  
Least Square Regression ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
Ease Of Doing Business ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Starting A Business

This study investigates the impact of Ease of Doing Business on Inward FDI over the period from 2011 to 2015 across the globe. This study measures ease of doing business using starting a business, getting credit, registering property, paying taxes and enforcing contracts. The research used a sample of 177 countries from 190 countries listed in World Bank. Least square regression model via E-views software used to examine causal relationship. The study found that ease of doing business indicators ‘Enforcing Contracts’ was found to have a positive significant impact on Inward FDI. Nevertheless, ‘Getting Credit’ and ‘Registering Property’ were found to have a negative significant impact on Inward FDI. However, ‘Starting a Business’ and ‘Paying Taxes’ have no significant impact on Inward FDI in the studied timeframe of this research. The findings of the study suggested the ease of doing business enables inward FDI through better contract enforcements, getting credit and registering property. The findings of the research will assist international managers and companies to know the importance of ease of doing business when investing in foreign countries through FDI.

scholarly journals Strategies for Effective Waste Reduction and Management of Building Construction Projects in Highly Urbanized Cities—A Case Study of Hong Kong

Buildings ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 214
Author(s):  
Ann T. W. Yu ◽  
Irene Wong ◽  
Zezhou Wu ◽  
Chi-Sun Poon
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Waste Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Green Building ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Government Support ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Construction Waste ◽  
Waste Management Practices

Hong Kong is a densely populated city with high-rise developments, and as in other metropolitan cities, the amount of waste generated from construction projects in the city is increasing annually. The capacity of existing landfills is expected to be saturated by the 2020s. Construction waste management has been implemented for years but the performance is still not satisfactory. The aim of this research paper is to explore and formulate strategies and measures for effective construction waste management and reduction in highly urbanized cities such as Hong Kong. A desktop study on construction waste management practices was carried out for a preliminary understanding of the current situation in Hong Kong. Semistructured interviews and focus group meetings were further conducted to shed light on how to improve construction waste reduction and management in Hong Kong. The main contributions of this research study are the potential short-term, medium-term, and long-term strategies, which are related to the design stage, tender stage, construction stage, and government support. The five major strategies recommended are financial benefits to stakeholders, public policies in facilitating waste sorting, government supports for the green building industry, development of a mature recycling market, and education and research in construction waste minimization and management.

Impact of Health and Agriculture Financing on Economic Growth in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
pp. 37-58
Author(s):  
Rasaki Olufemi KAREEM ◽  
◽  
Olawale LATEEF ◽  
Muideen Adejare ISIAKA ◽  
Kamilu RAHEEM ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Time Series Data ◽  
Capital Expenditure ◽  
Government Expenditure ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Series Data ◽  
The Impact

The study focused on the impact of health and agriculture financing on economic growth in Nigeria from 1981 to 2019. The study utilized the time series data which was extracted from Central Bank of Nigeria annual statistical bulletin. Unit Root test was performed with the use of Augmented Dickey-Fuller test in order to ascertain the stationarity of all the variables and they were all found to be stationary at order 1 in the two specified models (composite and disaggregated). Error Correction Model (ECM) was used to analyze the data in order to determine the speed of adjustment from the short run to the long run equilibrium state. Casualty test was used to confirm causal relationship among the variables of interests. The study revealed that Federal Government expenditure in Health sector has a significant effect on economic growth in Nigeria. Federal Government expenditure in Agricultural sector equally had a positive effect on economic growth but surprisingly not significant. Considering the disaggregated form, Federal Government capital expenditure in both Health and Agricultural sectors have positive and statistically significant effect on economic growth while Federal Government recurrent expenditure on health has a positive and statistically insignificant effect in economic. It was also revealed that there is causal relationship among the variables. Based on the findings, the study concluded that Federal Government Expenditure in Health Sectors and Agriculture Sectors have effect on economic growth in Nigeria.

scholarly journals Changes in Financial Performance of Traditional Intermediatries for Financial Innovation

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 3723-3728
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Performance Measures ◽  
Empirical Model ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Financial Innovation ◽  
Bank Performance ◽  
Loan Growth ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the impact of digital bank deposit, asset and loan growth on selected traditional bank performance measures. In order to estimate whether a causal relationship between digital bank measures and traditional bank performance exists, Granger causality method is selected as the main empirical model. In addition, to determine the direction and strength of said relationship, OLS regressions are performed. Research results lead to the conclusion that digital bank deposit and loan growth have a causal relationship to traditional bank performance ratios. Deposit growth has a negative impact on traditional bank performance ratios and loan growth shows both positive and negative impact on different ratios. This research demonstrates some of the challenges that traditional banks are facing in the age of innovation.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Media on Customers’ Loyalty toward Hotels in Jordan

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 123
Author(s):  
Faiz H. Zoubi ◽  
Diya Mohammad Al-Harazneh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Causal Relationship ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Marketing Managers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Hotel Customers

The present study aimed at exploring the impact of social media on customers' loyalty toward the five stars hotels located in Jordan, it also aimed at exploring the impact of satisfaction as a mediating variable on the relationship between social media and customers’ loyalty from the perspectives of customers and marketing managers. In more precise, to measure the mediating effect of satisfaction in the causal relationship between social media and customers’ loyalty toward five stars hotels. Regression analysis and correlational coefficient were used for analysis purposive of the acquired data that were collected through a self-designed questionnaire.  A sample of (200) hotel customers and (32) marketing managers was drawn from the population of the study. The major findings of the study were as follow: social media has a statistical significant effect on customer’s loyalty, and on satisfaction. Satisfaction as mediating variable has a statistical significant effect on the relationship between social media and customer’s loyalty. Furthermore; marketing managers were found to be having positive beliefs that social media has an effect on customers’ loyalty. But communication and motivation were found to be having no significant effect on customer’s loyalty.

scholarly journals Pemetaan Area Berisiko Persampahan di Kota Cimahi Berdasarkan Pedoman Strategi Sanitasi Kabupaten/ Kota 2018

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Indah Fionita ◽  
Iwan Juwana
Keyword(s):  
High Risk ◽  
Solid Waste ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Waste Reduction ◽  
Open Burning ◽  
Risk Areas ◽  
Strategic Policy ◽  
Waste Solid ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Very High

ABSTRAKKota Cimahi merupakan salah satu kota di Jawa Barat yang masih menghadapi permasalahan persampahan, seperti terbatasnya penerapan kegiatan pemilahan sampah, terbatasnya jumlah Tempat Penampungan Sementara (TPS), terjadi pembuangan sampah secara sembarangan ke sungai, terdapat penanganan sampah dengan cara dibakar dan ditimbun, dan lain-lain. Dalam menindaklanjuti berbagai permasalahan sampah tersebut serta mencapai target 30% pengurangan sampah yang ditentukan oleh Kebijakan Strategis Nasional (Jakstranas), maka diperlukan suatu instrumen yang mampu menganalisis area berisiko berdasarkan tingkat risiko persampahan per kelurahan di Kota Cimahi. Area berisiko tersebut digambarkan dalam bentuk peta dengan mengacu pada pedoman Strategi Sanitasi Kabupanen/Kota (SSK) 2018. Area berisiko dinilai melalui skor 1 s.d. 4 secara berturut-turut untuk risiko sangat rendah, rendah, tinggi, dan sangat tinggi. Skor tersebut diperoleh dengan mengalikan parameter Impact dan parameter Exposure. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan terdapat tiga kelurahan dengan risiko persampahan sangat tinggi, yaitu Kelurahan Cibeureum, Setiamanah, dan Padasuka serta satu kelurahan dengan risiko persampahan tinggi, yaitu Kelurahan Melong. Penambahan jumlah unit pengolahan direkomendasikan di beberapa kelurahan sehingga terjadi perubahan skor area berisiko.Kata Kunci: Kota Cimahi, Peta Area Berisiko, Persampahan ABSTRACTCimahi City is one of the cities in West Java that still faces solid waste problems, such as the limited implementation of waste sorting activities, the limited number of temporary shelter sites, the indiscriminate waste disposal on river, open burning of solid waste, etc. In following up on these various waste problems and achieving the target of 30% waste reduction determined by the National Strategic Policy, an instrument is needed to analyze risk areas based on the level of risk of solid waste per village in Cimahi City. These risk areas are depicted in the form of maps by referring to the 2018 District/City Sanitation Strategy Guidelines. Risk areas are assessed through a score of 1 s.d. 4 for very low, low, high and very high risks. The score is obtained by multiplying the Impact parameters and Exposure parameters. The results of this study indicate that there are three villages with very high risk of solid waste, namely Kelurahan Cibeureum, Setiamanah, and Padasuka and one village with high risk of solid waste, namely Kelurahan Melong. The addition of the number of processing units was recommended in several villages so that changes in the score of risk areas occurred. Keyword: Cimahi City, Map of Risk Areas, Waste Solid

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