The effects of China’s cross-border e-commerce on its exports: a comparative analysis of goods and services trade

Ensuring the sustainable development of agroecosystems requires research into the justification of the impact of environmental factors on the formation of territorial agroecosystems and identifies ways to take them into account in order to justify management decisions and ensure environmental safety. The main goal of the research within the article is to identify the most significant environmental factors in predicting the formation of agroecosystems. Provisions are devoted to the study of the laws governing the functioning of agroecosystems in order to increase their stability. The methods of comparative analysis, generalization, abstraction, logical analysis are applied. A number of provisions are formulated regarding ways to account for the influence of factors on the formation of key elements of agroecosystems.

Does industrial collaborative agglomeration improve environmental efficiency? Insights from China's population structure

10.21203/rs.3.rs-388450/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Yue Zhu ◽

Wenbo Du ◽

Juntao Zhang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Population Structure ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Eastern China ◽

Environmental Efficiency ◽

Green Economy ◽

Industrial Transformation ◽

Economic Output ◽

Abstract It is the theme of today to develop green economy and improve environmental efficiency (EE). As a comprehensive index to measure energy input, economic output and environmental development, environmental efficiency (EE) is of great significance for China to realize the sustainable development of economy and environment. China is in a critical period of industrial transformation and upgrading and ecological civilization construction, the effect of the collaborative agglomeration of manufacturing and productive services on environmental efficiency has drawn attention from policymakers. In this study, the stochastic frontier approach (SFA) with unpaid input is used to measure the environmental efficiency (EE) of 66 cities in eastern China during 2009–2018. Population structure is regarded as a mediator to investigate the impact of industrial collaborative agglomeration on environmental efficiency based on the spatial econometric model. The results show that industrial collaborative agglomeration has a positive impact on environmental efficiency, which can be moderated by population density, aging and quality at the same time, while the moderating effect of population urbanization is not significant. Therefore, it is necessary to optimize the coordinated governance system of regional ecological environment, accelerate the construction of industrial collaborative agglomeration, and promote the sustainable development of industry and ecology with the advantage of population structure in order to improve environmental efficiency (EE).

Sharing Economy and the Impact of Collaborative Consumption - Advances in Finance, Accounting, and Economics ◽

The Impact of Collaborative Consumption on Sustainable Development

10.4018/978-1-5225-9928-9.ch003 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 37-49

Author(s):

Erhan İşcan

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

20Th Century ◽

Decent Work ◽

Collaborative Consumption ◽

Goods And Services ◽

Rapid Economic Growth ◽

Economic Paradigm ◽

Excessive use of goods and services and industrialization progress of 20th century depleted resources and emerged the sustainable development as the main target of the policymakers, but past experiences and consequences of rapid economic growth of 20th century showed that there must be a change in the policies. Alleviating of poverty with inequalities and hunger in a degraded environment is needing sustainable cities and communities that have decent work for economic growth. In this context, perhaps, there must be a change in the economic paradigm beyond a policy change. Collaborative consumption is this new economic paradigm that has changed the understanding of the economic system. This new economic paradigm is depending on the sharing of idle resources with or without a fee that changed the importance of asset ownership. The main aim of this chapter is to present the impact of collaborative consumption on the 10 Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.

Global R&D Collaboration in the Development of Nanotechnology: The Impact of R&D Collaboration Patterns on Patent Quality

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12156055 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (15) ◽

pp. 6055 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chih-cheng Lo ◽

Hsin-Chuan Cho ◽

Pin-Wei Wang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Positive Impact ◽

General Purpose ◽

Core Competitiveness ◽

Patent Quality ◽

Global Partnership ◽

Industry Collaboration ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Nanotechnologies have been regarded as general-purpose, and interdisciplinary technology converged with different implications of technologies. This paper aims to explore the global Nano collaboration of research and development (R&D) by patent analysis to realize the sustainable development of nanotechnology and investigate the influence of global R&D collaboration on patent quality. The primary findings indicated that the number of issued patents grew sharply since 2002, and the major collaborative fields in terms of nanotechnology are nanoelectronic and nanomaterials. Finally, the collaboration among star assigners, global partnership, and the indicator of patent centrality had a positive impact on patent quality, except that university-industry collaboration did not show a significant effect on patent quality. One part of the reason is that industries have not yet fully recognised nanotechnology opportunities with a risk-averse attitude toward market uncertainties. Overall, the relationship of global R&D collaboration is an essential factor in promoting the sustainable development of the patent quality of nanotechnology. An effective patenting strategy and high-quality application of nanotechnology R&D could secure protection for innovations to reinforce core competitiveness in the business.

Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals Through Environmental Education

10.4018/978-1-6684-3885-5.ch023 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 441-462

Author(s):

Carolyn N. Stevenson

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Hands On ◽

Development Goals ◽

Professional Practitioners ◽

Taking Action ◽

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 Quality Education has increased awareness in pre-university environmental education efforts. Environmental education is important to not only creating awareness of world environmental issues, but taking action towards fostering positive change. Environmental education programs such as SeaTrust Institute's AWARE (Action Within a Resilient Environment) assist teens in learning about issues that directly impact their communities and their world. AWARE combines environmental education with hands-on experiential learning projects that help promote environmental awareness in their communities. Through education and experience with active scholars and professional practitioners, students gain an increased understanding of environmental challenges and ways to make a positive impact – both domestically and globally. This is especially critical to developing countries which lack the educational programs and resources to address the impact environmental changes have on their nations and communities.

Advances in Environmental Engineering and Green Technologies - Building Sustainability Through Environmental Education ◽

Addressing the Sustainable Development Goals Through Environmental Education

10.4018/978-1-5225-7727-0.ch006 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 121-148 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carolyn N. Stevenson

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Environmental Education ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Hands On ◽

Development Goals ◽

Professional Practitioners ◽

Taking Action ◽

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 4 Quality Education has increased awareness in pre-university environmental education efforts. Environmental education is important to not only creating awareness of world environmental issues, but taking action towards fostering positive change. Environmental education programs such as SeaTrust Institute's AWARE (Action Within a Resilient Environment) assist teens in learning about issues that directly impact their communities and their world. AWARE combines environmental education with hands-on experiential learning projects that help promote environmental awareness in their communities. Through education and experience with active scholars and professional practitioners, students gain an increased understanding of environmental challenges and ways to make a positive impact – both domestically and globally. This is especially critical to developing countries which lack the educational programs and resources to address the impact environmental changes have on their nations and communities.

THE IMPACT OF BIOFUELS UTILISATION IN TRANSPORT ON THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION

Technological and Economic Development of Economy ◽

10.3846/20294913.2017.1323318 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 667-686 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Mihaela SIMIONESCU ◽

Lucian-Liviu ALBU ◽

Monica RAILEANU SZELES ◽

Yuriy BILAN

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Positive Impact ◽

The European Union ◽

Greenhouse Emissions ◽

Causality Tests ◽

The biofuels sustainability in transport depends on the energetic products demand and the limited resources. According to European legislation, the energy consumption in transport from renewable energy in the European Union should increase by 10% till 2020. Considering the environmental requests related to greenhouse gases reduction and a lower dependency on oil fuels stimulated more the biofuels production, this research empirically assessed the impact of energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel and bioethanol on sustainable development in terms of economic growth and greenhouse emissions. Using dynamic panel and panel vector-auto-regression models for European Union countries during 2010–2015, we proved that only the energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel had a positive impact on economic growth. The greenhouse emissions did not have any impact on economic growth while the energy consumption in transport based on bioethanol negatively affected the economic growth. The Granger causality tests on panel data indicated a bilateral relationship between economic growth and energy consumption in transport based on biodiesel and between economic growth and energy consumption in transport based on bioethanol. Given these empirical results, the energy policies should focus on the higher utilisation of biodiesel in transport in the EU.

Does the Belt and Road Initiative Promote Sustainable Development? Evidence from Countries along the Belt and Road

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su10124370 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (12) ◽

pp. 4370 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Hongjun Xiao ◽

Junjie Cheng ◽

Xin Wang

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Current Status ◽

Non Profit ◽

Short Period ◽

Innovative Idea ◽

Belt And Road ◽

Recognition And Response ◽

The Belt And Road

The “Belt and Road (B&R) Initiative” is an innovative idea proposed by China aimed at promoting common prosperity in the world. Although it has gained more and more recognition and response, there is also some one-sided understanding or distortion. Taking the 60 countries along the Belt and Road from 2010 to 2015 as samples, this paper mainly answers three questions from the perspective of sustainable development: (1) What is the current status of sustainable development in all countries along the “B&R”? (2) Is the “B&R Initiative” conducive to promoting the sustainable development of all countries along the “B&R”? (3) How could the “B&R” be better promoted? The study found that, first, various countries along the “B&R” have manifested an imbalanced characteristic in terms of the sustainable development, and there is much room for improvement in general. Second, the “B&R Initiative” has a positive impact on the sustainable development of all countries. However, due to the relatively short period of time, this impact is not significant at present. Third, to promote “B&R” construction, we must take sustainable development as the fundamental goal to jointly promote the connectivity of facilities, integrate the UN 2030 sustainable development goals, and strengthen the cross-border cooperation between non-governmental and non-profit organizations.

Comparative Analysis of the Impact of the Business Incubator Center on the Economic Sustainable Development of Regions in USA and Poland

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11010173 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 173 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Marcin Olkiewicz ◽

Radosław Wolniak ◽

Michaline Eva-Grebski ◽

Anna Olkiewicz

Keyword(s):

Economic Growth ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Comparative Analysis ◽

Business Incubators ◽

Business Incubator ◽

Its Regions ◽

Social Organizational ◽

Economic Sustainable Development ◽

The innovativeness boosted by incubator centers has an important role in the sustainable development of the country and its regions. The paper describes a comparative analysis of the effectiveness of the business incubator center on the economic growth of a region. The goal of the paper is a comparison between two business incubators, CAN-BE in Hazleton, PA USA and Technopark in Gliwice, Poland. A number of indicators were used to measure economic growth. These selected indicators reflected social, organizational, technical, and financial aspects of economic growth.

The impact of e-commerce on the sustainable development: case of Ukraine, Poland, and Austria

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/915/1/012023 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 915 (1) ◽

pp. 012023

Author(s):

O Fedirko ◽

T Zatonatska ◽

O Dluhopolskyi ◽

S Londar

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Markov Chain ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Business Development ◽

Economic Effects ◽

Mathematical Apparatus ◽

The Impact ◽

Stable Flow

Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically and irreversibly transformed global e-commerce trends. The process of internationalization has been slowed down considerably, the level of globalization impact has decreased, that, consequently, has led to a strong lag in the development of some countries. The aim of the study is to determine the nature of e-commerce socio and economic effects in Ukraine, Poland, and Austria. For analysis, a modern mathematical apparatus was used – the Cobb-Douglas model and the Markov chain methodology. The study shows a significant positive impact of e-commerce on employment and GDP in the three countries. Thus, with an increase in investment levels in e-commerce and ICT by 1%, employment in Ukraine will increase by 0.02%, in Poland – by 0.14%, and in Austria – by 0.17%. Similarly, Ukraine’s GDP may rise by 0.07%, Poland’s – by 0.2% and Austria’s – by 0.07%. Therefore, a stable flow of investment in e-commerce will provide countries with a faster way out of the crisis, create more jobs and opportunities for business development.