The effect of information and communication technologies and total factor productivity on CO2 emissions in top 10 emerging market economies

Abstract The research evaluation community has devoted multiple efforts to analyze the effects of Framework Programmes. However, there is little empirical evidence on their impact on economic performance. This article presents an empirical analysis of the research project-based networks created by 7th Framework Programme in the field of Information and Communication Technologies and investigates their links with regional total factor productivity. For comparison purposes, the diffusion network created by the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme is also studied. Our results allow us to assess whether (or not) there are any common patterns in the research and diffusion links established by regions in these two European-supported networks and evaluate their (potentially) different connection with productivity. We use tools from Social Network Analysis and, specifically, the novel measure of bridging centrality, which takes into account territories’ internal microstructure.

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THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR IN SPAIN. INFLUENCE OF R&D INVESTMENT ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY

Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Przyrodniczo-Humanistycznego w Siedlcach. Seria: Administracja i Zarządzanie ◽

10.34739/zn.2019.49.06 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 49 (49) ◽

Author(s):

Albert-P. Miró-Pérez ◽

Raquel Crisóstom Goálvez ◽

Marc Valderrama Carreño

Keyword(s):

Research And Development ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Total Factor Productivity ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Automotive Sector ◽

Factor Productivity ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Competitiveness Of Enterprises ◽

D Investment ◽

Large Investment

The current globalised environment has been preceded by a generalised increase in the diffusion and use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), as well as by a large investment in Research and Development (R&D) by companies. This circumstance makes the use of these technologies fundamental for the automotive sector to face with guarantees the growing international competitivity. Thus, the correct use of ICT provides an improvement in productivity, and therefore in the competitiveness of enterprises. This article analyses the evolution of total factor productivity (TFP) in the Spanish automotive sector for the year 2017, in order to determine the influence this variable has on the improvement of total factor productivity.

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Role of Information and Communication Technology, Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Openness in Environmental Sustainability

Journal of Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies ◽

10.26710/jafee.v7i2.1656 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 263-272

Author(s):

Sulaman Hafeez Siddiqui ◽

Sohail Saeed ◽

Areeba Khan ◽

Hina Bhatti

Keyword(s):

Co2 Emissions ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Environmental Sustainability ◽

Trade Openness ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Fdi Inflows ◽

Long Run ◽

Short Run ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Government

Purpose: The benefits of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in environmental resource management has been a topic of hot discussion for the policymakers across the world. For the purpose, the government of Pakistan took initiative in 2018 to use technology for the country’s social welfare, financial benefits and to enhance environmental sustainability and named it as “Digital Pakistan Initiative”.Design/Methodology/Approach: For analysis, this study took CO2 emissions as the dependent variable and ICT, FDI inflows, and Trade Openness as independent variables. Data were collected on bimonthly basis from 2004 through 2019, and analyzed employing ARDL approach. Main purpose of the study was to examine the short-run and long-run relationship among carbon emissions and ICT, FDI Inflows and Trade Openness.Findings: The findings show that there exists a short-run relationship among all the variables; however, FDI inflows and trade openness have a significant relationship with CO2 emissions. The results also exhibit that there is no long-run relationship between CO2 emissions, FDI inflows, and Trade openness while ICT has an insignificant long-run relationship with CO2 emissions. With the increase of information and communication, the country’s environmental sustainability is also increased. Implications/Originality/Value: The current study was based on least considered variables and the pioneer in testing the complex relationship through VAR estimation.

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The impact of information and communication technologies, CO2 emissions, and energy consumption on inclusive development in developing countries

Environmental Science and Pollution Research ◽

10.1007/s11356-019-07131-5 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 27 (3) ◽

pp. 3143-3155 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Faisal Mehmood Mirza ◽

Smara Ansar ◽

Kafait Ullah ◽

Fauzia Maqsood

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Energy Consumption ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Inclusive Development ◽

Information And Communication ◽

The Impact

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Energy, Carbon and Renewable Energy: Candidate Metrics for Green-aware Routing?

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s19132901 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (13) ◽

pp. 2901 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Hossain ◽

Georges ◽

Rondeau ◽

Divoux

Keyword(s):

Renewable Energy ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

Information And Communication Technologies ◽

Routing Algorithm ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Point Of View ◽

Energy Aware ◽

Traffic Demand ◽

Information And Communication ◽

And Control

There are all sort of indications that Internet usage will go only upwards, resulting in an increase in energy consumption and CO2 emissions. At the same time, a significant amount of this carbon footprint corresponds to the information and communication technologies (ICT) sector, with around one third being due to networking. In this paper we have approached the problem of green networking from the point of view of sustainability. Here, alongside energy-aware routing, we have also introduced pollution-aware routing with environmental metrics like carbon emission factor and non-renewable energy usage percentage. We have proposed an algorithm based on these three candidate-metrics. Our algorithm provides optimum data and control planes for three different metrics which regulate the usage of different routers and adapt the bandwidth of the links while giving the traffic demand requirements utmost priority. We have made a comparison between these three metrics in order to show their impact on greening routing. The results show that for a particular scenario, our pollution-aware routing algorithm can reduce 36% and 20% of CO2 emissions compared to shortest path first and energy-based solutions, respectively.

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