scholarly journals Leveraging industrial-technological innovation to achieve sustainable development: A systems thinking perspective

PLoS ONE ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (12) ◽  
pp. e0242981
Author(s):  
Jin Guo ◽  
Meng Chen ◽  
Xialing Sun ◽  
Zhanzhao Wang ◽  
Jinli Xue
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Isolate System ◽  
Dynamic Complexity ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Operational Mechanism ◽  
The Commons

Industrial-technological innovation (ITI) has become an important requirement for the sustainable development of China. ITI development requires a comprehensive understanding of the dynamic complexity associated with ITI systems. Previous research into ITI systems is based primarily on static methods that isolate system components, and ignore feedback on adjustments made. Based on systems thinking, this paper develop six archetypes (“Limit to Growth,” “Success to the Successful,” “Tragedy of the Commons,” “Fixes that Fail,” “Accidental Adversaries,” and “Shifting the Burden”) and an ITI system integration model. The model visualizes the ITI system as a whole and identifies bottlenecks that may affect ITI development. This conceptual model provides a more effective method of judgment, which can better explain the operational mechanism of the ITI system and improve the system’s operational characteristics. Finally, we evaluate the ITI system and propose that self-organization is a key lever of a systemic intervention framework for ITI.

scholarly journals An Analysis of the Sustainable Development Path of China’s New Government Affairs Media from the Perspective of Science and Technology Innovation

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02041
Author(s):  
Rui Wang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
New Media ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Science And Technology ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Government Information ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Development Path ◽  
Media Platform

The Chinese government actively uses the new media platform to disseminate government information and provide government services. Contemporary scientific and technological innovation, with computers and information science and technology as engines, has become the core driving force of “leading development”. This article puts the new media of Chinese government affairs under the perspective of technological innovation, analyzes the bottlenecks and possible solutions it faces, discusses the sustainable development path of new media for Chinese government affairs, and strive to provide some reference for the sustainable development of new media for government affairs in other countries or regions.

scholarly journals Evaluation and Policy Research on the Sustainable Development of China’s Rare Earth Resources

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3792 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuedong Liang ◽  
Meng Ye ◽  
Li Yang ◽  
Wanbing Fu ◽  
Zhi Li
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Rare Earth ◽  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Entropy Method ◽  
Evaluation Index System ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Low Efficiency

As rare earth resources are indispensable raw materials for modern society, they have become strategic global reserve resources. Even though China is the world’s largest producer and exporter of rare earth, the industry has low efficiency and severe problems with over-exploitation and environmental pollution; therefore, there needs to be a greater focus on the sustainable exploitation of rare earth resources. This paper establishes an innovative evaluation index system for the sustainable development of China’s rare earth resources from six main aspects; economic development, social progress, environmental protection, technological innovation, rare earth development and utilization, and rare earth protection in which the indicators are assessed using an entropy method. Grey correlation analysis was used to evaluate China’s rare earth sustainable development level from 2006–2016, from which it was found that sustainable development was poor from 2006–2010 and marginally better from 2011–2016. The main factor affecting rare earth sustainable development in China was found to be the lag in the development of environment protection system and rare earth protection system. Policy recommendations for improving China’s rare earth protection, environmental protection, and technological innovation are proposed to guide government regulations and assist rare earth industry personnel.

Development Мodel of Winemaking Regions in Ukraine

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-61
Author(s):  
V. Vlasov ◽  
I. Belous ◽  
L. Dzhaburiya ◽  
Yu. Bulayeva
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Regional Development ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Development Programs ◽  
Aim Analysis ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Effective Functioning ◽  
Effi Ciency ◽  
Main Components

Aim. Analysis of the main causes of destabilization in the Ukrainian viticulture and winemaking and ways to eliminate them. Development of the integration model for the industry effective functioning. Methods. The data were processed involving the statistical groupings, graphic and sampling methods. Results. The main components of the innovative development of the Ukrainian agricultural sector and, in particular, its viticulture and winemaking industry are research and implementation of the obtained results in the production processes. Scientifi c and technical development provides the potential and innovation growth, also defi nes the ability of transition to sustainable development of the industry. The experts from the National Scientifi c Center Tairov Viticulture and Enology Institut e have analyzed the major destabilization causes of the Ukrainian viticulture and winemaking and ways to eliminate them, as well as offered the integration model for the industry effective functioning in the region (by the example of the Odessa Region) in accordance with regional development programs for next 12 years. Conclusions. Cooperation and integration processes on the basis of innovations in the viticulture development within the wine sector regional development programs will contribute to guaranteed volumes of production, increase effi ciency and productivity, innovation development and modernization of production, competitiveness of manufacturers, also stabilize the social environment that leads to the sustainable development of industry in the Odessa Region and Ukraine.

A Survey of Sustainable Design-Centered Integration for Medical Additive Manufacturing

2014 ◽  
Vol 939 ◽  
pp. 635-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Hsueh Ming Wang ◽  
Yan Rui Qu ◽  
Chao Chang Arthur Chen ◽  
Shu Ping Chang
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Additive Manufacturing ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Machine Tools ◽  
Sustainable Design ◽  
Human Tissues ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Critical Areas ◽  
Operation Process ◽  
Potential Applications

A number of materials have been used for Medical Additive Manufacturing (MAM), such as stem cells, biopolymers, metals, bio-ceramics, and bio-glass. Recent research includes potential applications in the replacement of human tissues, organs, and bones by using the bio-printing technology. MAM also has been applied to build up a dummy prototype to simulate a complicated operation process before surgery. Sustainable design of MAM has a need for the development of the system to be environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable for its life cycle. This paper surveys the scope of the sustainability of MAM in terms of these three categories. The methodology and tools for assessment of the sustainable development of MAM processes are discussed. This paper analyzes several examples of the application of additive manufacturing in medicine which have been published in recent journals. There are four critical areas of the design-centered system integration for sustainable development in this survey. The investigations for MAM processes including (1) the materials, (2) the precision of the advanced machine tools and tissues, (3) the mechanisms of the processes, and (4) the mechanical properties of the implanted components after MAM. The results can be used as a reference for the assessment of future sustainable Design-Centered Integration for MAM.

scholarly journals Innovation as the Backbone of Sustainable Development Goals

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 4747 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adoración Mozas-Moral ◽  
Enrique Bernal-Jurado ◽  
Domingo Fernández-Uclés ◽  
Miguel Medina-Viruel
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Sustainable Development Goals ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Conditioning Factors ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Second Degree

This paper focuses on the achievement of one of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Social Economy enterprises. Specifically, this research studies which are the conditioning factors for the active use of ICT (technological innovation) in the second-degree of olive oil cooperativism in Spain. The reason for the importance of this sector is that it currently leads world oil production. Moreover, second-degree cooperativism overcomes one of the problems frequently pointed out by the literature on the olive sector, namely the lack of concentration and integration of supply. In order to achieve the objective established in this research study, the fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) methodological technique has been used. The results obtained indicate that the degree of technological innovation is favored by the intensity of cooperative integration, diversification within the company, orientation towards the final market (packaged sales), ICT training of employees, the commercial importance of the foreign sector and the supply of ecological products.

scholarly journals Fiscal Decentralization, Urban-Rural Income Gap, and Tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10398
Author(s):  
Xiaohua Chen ◽  
Xinyi Zhang ◽  
Yuhua Song ◽  
Xueping Liang ◽  
Liangjun Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Control Level ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Integration Model ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Income Gap ◽  
The Impact

The reform of China’s tax-sharing system in 1994 has not only had a profound heterogeneous impact on the control level of fiscal resources by local government but also might exert a negative effect on the sustainable development of tourism. Based on this hypothesis, this paper uses 1993–2018 data from 31 Chinese provinces to examine the dynamic relationship between China’s fiscal decentralization, income gap, urbanization, and tourism growth using a panel co-integration model. Our results show that there is a stable co-integration relationship between fiscal decentralization, income gap, and tourism growth. In general, the impact of fiscal decentralization and income gap on tourism development varies across regions. However, in most provinces, urbanization helps the development of tourism. Urbanization and fiscal decentralization also help reduce the income gap. This shows that the inter-regional government competition promotes not only the growth of tourism but also income equality. To achieve the sustainable development of tourism, China should not only take the advantage of local governments’ incentives for economic growth but also handle the income gap problem considering local conditions.

Technological Innovation and Sustainable Development

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-46
Author(s):  
Teresa Paiva ◽  
Luis Farinha
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Environmental Concerns ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Sustainable Business ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Industrial Competitiveness ◽  
Centre Region ◽  
Product Definition

Industrial competitiveness is linked to sustainable business practices if firms want to be competitive and position themselves as sustainable companies. This chapter analyses how the knitwear industry integrates the sustainable concerns into their strategy and mission and how they adopt new ways of production, performance, and product definition, mainly through technological innovation and therefore improve their industrial competitiveness. The study is exploratory applied into all the knitwear industries of two counties of the Centre Region of Portugal. The innovation, mainly technical, adopted expresses the sustainable concern to the limit of the law and business revenue. It seems that the business environmental concerns showed have a paradoxical behaviour as they don't translate into a clear contribution for the sustainable development and to an industrial competitiveness concern.

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