scholarly journals Environmental Regulations, Environmental Subsidies and Enterprise Investment for Environmental Protection: Evidence from Pollution Enterprises of China

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunwei Han
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Government ◽  
Environmental Subsidies ◽  
Enterprise Investment

Environmental protection concerns the global and long-term development of the social economy. The negative effects of production and management activities of pollution enterprises on the environment attract more and more attention from the whole society. The government is not only continuously strengthening production regulation, responsibility monitoring and establishment of rules and regulations of pollution enterprises, but also increasing supports to environmental-friendly development of pollution enterprises. To explore influences of environmental regulations and environmental subsidies on enterprise investment to environmental protection, influences of environmental subsidies under environmental regulations were discussed through the propensity matching using data of listed enterprises in China’s pollution industry from 2013 to 2019. Results demonstrate that environmental subsidies promote the growth of enterprise investment to environmental protection significantly and environmental regulations are the primary influencing factor. According to heterogeneity analysis, environmental subsidies have significant positive effects on the investment in environmental protection of state-owned enterprises and private enterprises. The quantity and amplitude of investment in environmental protection of state-owned enterprises are more prominent. Environmental subsidies significantly promote investment in environmental protection of enterprises where senior executives have a technological background, but they have no significant influences on enterprises where senior executives have no technological background. Conclusions have some policy significance: government urges pollution enterprises to increase investment in environmental protection and pursue sustainable development from perspectives of incentives (increasing economic subsidies) and pressure (developing collaborative effect of environmental regulation).

Pesticide distribution and use in vegetable production in the Red River Delta of Vietnam

2009 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Van Hoi ◽  
Arthur P.J. Mol ◽  
Peter Oosterveer ◽  
Paul J. van den Brink
Keyword(s):  
Vital Role ◽  
River Delta ◽  
Plant Diseases ◽  
Red River ◽  
Natural Food ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Red River Delta ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Government

AbstractFor a long time pesticides attracted interest from the Vietnamese governments and farmers for their positive effects in protecting crop yield losses resulting from pests and other plant diseases. Recently, the negative effects of pesticides on human health, natural food chains and the environment are increasingly being taken into account by both state and non-state actors. Striking a balance between positive and negative effects is complicated as, most likely, pesticides will continue to maintain their vital role in an agriculture-based country such as Vietnam. However, recently a shift can be noticed in farmers' selection and application of pesticides, initiated mainly by farmers themselves and to a lesser extent also by other actors such as the government, pesticide companies and distributors. This article provides an empirical insight into this shift, based on the results from research in four provinces in the Red River Delta. Possible implications for policies toward greening pesticide handling practices in vegetable production are drawn, such as removing inexpensive pesticides (often associated with high toxicity) from the market, giving technical training on pesticide selection and use to farmers, and reconsidering the role different actors can play in future safe vegetable production programs.

scholarly journals Environmental Regulation and Green Productivity: Evidence of the Moderating Effect of Chinese Environmental Decentralization

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhen Chen ◽  
Xiaoli Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
County Level ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Dynamic Panel ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Green Productivity ◽  
Pollutant Discharge ◽  
Dynamic Panel Models ◽  
The Impact

Environmental decentralization (ED), or the allocation of environmental protection affairs and responsibilities among various administrative authorities, affects the effectiveness of environmental regulation in promoting green total factor productivity (GTFP). Based on panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 2001 to 2015, this paper employs dynamic panel models to test the effects of environmental regulations (environmental protection investment, ENV; pollutant discharge fees, PDF) on GTFP, with or without being influenced by ED. Without the impact of ED, GTFP is significantly inhibited by ENV while significantly promoted by PDF. Considering the impact of ED, with the strengthening of ED, the negative effects of ENV on GTFP is significant; contrarily, the positive effects of PDF on GTFP is significant; improving provincial ED adds negative effects of ENV, while reduces the positive effects of PDF; increasing prefectural ED reduces negative effects of ENV; expanding county-level ED adds the positive effects of PDF. Therefore, to boost GTFP growth, prefectural environmental protection authorities should have more autonomy in ENV, while the county-level should have more autonomy in PDF.

scholarly journals The Impact of Startups’ Dual Learning on Their Green Innovation Capability: The Effects of Business Executives’ Environmental Awareness and Environmental Regulations

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (16) ◽  
pp. 6526
Author(s):  
Shi-Zheng Huang ◽  
Ka Yin Chau ◽  
Fengsheng Chien ◽  
Huawen Shen
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Protection ◽  
Environmental Regulation ◽  
Environmental Regulations ◽  
Green Economy ◽  
Senior Executives ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Green Innovation ◽  
Applied Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Structural Methods

Under the environment of a green economy, green innovation serves as the only way for enterprises to grow, upgrade their competitiveness and seek continued business. Based on a questionnaire survey of 212 enterprises established within 4 years in the Pearl River Delta of China, this research utilizes structural methods to analyze the impacts of exploratory and applied learning (dual learning) on green innovation capability and verifies the environmental protection awareness of senior executives and the adjustment effects of environmental regulation. The results suggest that (1) exploratory and applied learning have a positively significant impact on green innovation capability; (2) under the regulation of environmental protection awareness of internal executives, there are differences in green innovation capabilities under the dual influences of exploratory and applied learning; and (3) under the adjustment of external environmental regulation, there are differences in green innovation capabilities under the dual influences of exploratory and applied learning. The findings indicate that new start-up ventures should raise awareness of environmental protection among senior executives under dual learning and perceive the changes of the government’s environmental regulations to enhance their green innovation capabilities.

scholarly journals The Effective Role of Internal Factors on Reconstructing Telecom Companies: The Case of Yemen Telecom

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1501
Author(s):  
Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Sharafi ◽  
Shu Tong ◽  
Abdullah Aloqab
Keyword(s):  
Structural Equation ◽  
Statistical Technique ◽  
Equation Model ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Internal Factors ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Effective Role ◽  
The Government

Background: This paper highlights the effects of internal factors on restructuring state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and investigates how these factors have positive or negative effects on applying a new structure in SOEs companies. Yemen Telecom (YT) is an example of an SOE company that belongs to the government and has a social responsibility. By following scientific theories related to research’s factors, we tried to tie our hypotheses to the theories applied to make our factors near reality and be applicable in the future. Methods: In this study, we used empirical research by making an investigation by distributing a questionnaire amongst people who have a relationship with Yemen Telecom. Moreover, the structural equation model (SEM) was used in the current study as the statistical technique for the collected data. Results: The results of this study indicate that illiteracy in using the computer (IIUC) and applying the IT Software (AIS) has adverse effects on reconstructing telecom companies (RTC); also, AIS has a causality effect between illiteracy in using computers (IIUC) and RTC. Moreover, support from top management (SFTM), infrastructure (INF), and efficiency and effectiveness of managerial operations (EaE) have positive effects on RTC. Conclusions: This study concluded that IIUC, TMS, INF, and EaE have an apparent effect on RTC, and AIS has a causality effect between IIUC and RTC. Moreover, the study declares that there is less significance between AIS and RTC.

scholarly journals Research on the Impact of Rising Labor Cost on Trade between China and Japan ——Based on the perspective of ternary margins

2021 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
pp. 02066
Author(s):  
Lulu Wang ◽  
Jing Deng
Keyword(s):  
Labor Cost ◽  
Extensive Margin ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
China And Japan ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Textile Products

This paper calculated the extensive margin, price margin and quantity margin of trade growth between China and Japan during 2000-2018, and analyzed the impact of rising labor costs on trade between China and Japan based on the perspective of ternary margins. The results show that the rising labor cost has both positive and negative effects on the growth of China’s export to Japan, also has different effects on different kinds of products. Specifically, there are significant positive effects on the extensive margin of animal and plant products and textile products, the price margin of chemical products and the quantity margin of textile products. The Government should formulate relevant policies, make the labor factors have reasonable distribution, and promote the long-term and stable development of trade between China and Japan.

E-Commerce Infrastructure and Economic Impacts in Developing Countries

2008 ◽  
pp. 1499-1519 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varadharajan Sridhar ◽  
Kala Seetharam Sridhar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Economic Variables ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Status ◽  
Security Infrastructure ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
The Government

This chapter presents a conceptual model that explains how e-commerce adoption in developing countries is affected by various infrastructure enablers and socio-economic variables. It describes the status of infrastructure enabler variables such as computer and Internet penetration, quality and speed of Internet connectivity, security infrastructure, online payment mechanisms and dispute resolution mechanisms in India and their impact on e-commerce adoption. Furthermore the chapter highlights the relationship between e-commerce adoption and various socio-economic variables such as prices, market reach, disposable income level, and cultural orientation of consumers. The chapter discusses the taxation of e-commerce, taking into account the complexity of the tax structure in India. A couple of mini-cases exemplify the utility of e-commerce in some practical applications. With this review of e-commerce adoption, stakeholders such as the government, the policy makers and industries will be able identify ways to nurture the positive effects and mitigate the negative effects to sustain the growth of e-commerce in many developing countries such as India.

E-Commerce Infrastructure and Economic Impacts in Developing Countries

2011 ◽  
pp. 63-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Varadharajan Sridhar ◽  
Kala S. Sridhar
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Economic Variables ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Status ◽  
Security Infrastructure ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
The Government

This chapter presents a conceptual model that explains how e-commerce adoption in developing countries is affected by various infrastructure enablers and socio-economic variables. It describes the status of infrastructure enabler variables such as computer and Internet penetration, quality and speed of Internet connectivity, security infrastructure, online payment mechanisms and dispute resolution mechanisms in India and their impact on e-commerce adoption. Furthermore the chapter highlights the relationship between e-commerce adoption and various socio-economic variables such as prices, market reach, disposable income level, and cultural orientation of consumers. The chapter discusses the taxation of e-commerce, taking into account the complexity of the tax structure in India. A couple of mini-cases exemplify the utility of e-commerce in some practical applications. With this review of e-commerce adoption, stakeholders such as the government, the policy makers and industries will be able identify ways to nurture the positive effects and mitigate the negative effects to sustain the growth of e-commerce in many developing countries such as India.

scholarly journals Effects of Training Load and Leg Dominance on Achilles and Patellar Tendon Structure

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (s2) ◽  
pp. S2-122-S2-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Esmaeili ◽  
Andrew M. Stewart ◽  
William G. Hopkins ◽  
George P. Elias ◽  
Robert J. Aughey
Keyword(s):  
Achilles Tendon ◽  
Patellar Tendon ◽  
Tissue Characterization ◽  
Influencing Factor ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Training Load ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Ultrasound Tissue Characterization ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Leg Dominance

Purpose:Detrimental changes in tendon structure increase the risk of tendinopathies. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of individual internal and external training loads and leg dominance on changes in the Achilles and patellar tendon structure. Methods:The internal structure of the Achilles and patellar tendons of both limbs of 26 elite Australian footballers was assessed using ultrasound tissue characterization at the beginning and the end of an 18-wk preseason. Linear-regression analysis was used to estimate the effects of training load on changes in the proportion of aligned and intact tendon bundles for each side. Standardization and magnitude-based inferences were used to interpret the findings. Results: Possibly to very likely small increases in the proportion of aligned and intact tendon bundles occurred in the dominant Achilles (initial value 81.1%; change, ±90% confidence limits 1.6%, ±1.0%), nondominant Achilles (80.8%; 0.9%, ±1.0%), dominant patellar (75.8%; 1.5%, ±1.5%), and nondominant patellar (76.8%; 2.7%, ±1.4%) tendons. Measures of training load had inconsistent effects on changes in tendon structure; eg, there were possibly to likely small positive effects on the structure of the nondominant Achilles tendon, likely small negative effects on the dominant Achilles tendon, and predominantly no clear effects on the patellar tendons. Conclusion:The small and inconsistent effects of training load are indicative of the role of recovery between tendon-overloading (training) sessions and the multivariate nature of the tendon response to load, with leg dominance a possible influencing factor.

Undesirable Effects of Goal Setting on Perceived Fairness, Commitment, and Unethical Behavior

2018 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Keith
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Unethical Behavior ◽  
The United States ◽  
Goal Commitment ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Perceived Fairness ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
And Performance

Abstract. The positive effects of goal setting on motivation and performance are among the most established findings of industrial–organizational psychology. Accordingly, goal setting is a common management technique. Lately, however, potential negative effects of goal-setting, for example, on unethical behavior, are increasingly being discussed. This research replicates and extends a laboratory experiment conducted in the United States. In one of three goal conditions (do-your-best goals, consistently high goals, increasingly high goals), 101 participants worked on a search task in five rounds. Half of them (transparency yes/no) were informed at the outset about goal development. We did not find the expected effects on unethical behavior but medium-to-large effects on subjective variables: Perceived fairness of goals and goal commitment were least favorable in the increasing-goal condition, particularly in later goal rounds. Results indicate that when designing goal-setting interventions, organizations may consider potential undesirable long-term effects.

Mobilizing for Some

2016 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raffael Heiss ◽  
Jörg Matthes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Media ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Experimental Design ◽  
Collective Efficacy ◽  
Political Efficacy ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
School Students ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Specific Factors

Abstract. This study investigated the effects of politicians’ nonparticipatory and participatory Facebook posts on young people’s political efficacy – a key determinant of political participation. We employed an experimental design, using a sample of N = 125 high school students (15–20 years). Participants either saw a Facebook profile with no posts (control condition), nonparticipatory posts, or participatory posts. While nonparticipatory posts did not affect participants’ political efficacy, participatory posts exerted distinct effects. For those high in trait evaluations of the politician presented in the stimulus material or low in political cynicism, we found significant positive effects on external and collective efficacy. By contrast, for those low in trait evaluations or high in cynicism, we found significant negative effects on external and collective efficacy. We did not find any effects on internal efficacy. The importance of content-specific factors and individual predispositions in assessing the influence of social media use on participation is discussed.

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