scholarly journals Comparison of Sustainability Factors Influencing Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability- An Empirical Study in an Emerging Economy

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 161 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Nandagopal ◽  
B. Uma Maheswari ◽  
D. Kavitha
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Factors Influencing

scholarly journals Integrating Sustainability into Major Infrastructure Projects: Four Perspectives on Sustainable Tunnel Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darinde Gijzel ◽  
Marian Bosch-Rekveldt ◽  
Daan Schraven ◽  
Marcel Hertogh
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Economic ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Q Methodology ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Development Phase ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Infrastructure Projects ◽  
Civil Infrastructures

Although sustainability is on the agenda of many countries and agencies, it is still a great challenge to properly integrate sustainability into major infrastructure projects, like tunnels. This is remarkable, as it is commonly accepted that the construction and operation of these civil infrastructures have a heavy impact on environmental, economic and social sustainability. In academia, the foregone conclusion seems to point to a lack of vision about sustainability with respect to tunnels. This article presents an empirical study that investigates sustainability ideas amongst tunnel practitioners in the Netherlands. The case was used as a practical environment to get access to tunnel practitioners, to explicitly define the meaning of a sustainable tunnel in its development phase. Perceptions of sustainable tunnels were extracted by means of a commonly accepted research methodology called Q-methodology. By applying this method, four perspectives were obtained: perspectives with a focus on energy, resilience, social or a transitional focus. Each perspective highlights distinct focal points on how to operationalize sustainability for tunnel projects. Each perspective is also accompanied by an anti-focus; how sustainability should not be approached, sometimes contrary to other perspectives. These insights help project practitioners in creating awareness for the existence of different perspectives, and subsequently help to focus project management efforts to implement sustainability in specific projects.

Sustainability Disclosure and the Financialization of Social Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniela Woschnack ◽  
Stefanie Hiss ◽  
Sebastian Nagel ◽  
Bernd Teufel
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Financial Market ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Rating Agencies ◽  
Sustainability Disclosure ◽  
Definition Of

Abstract This empirical study explores the financialization of social sustainability driven by sustainability accounting and reporting initiatives (SARIs). Since no globally accepted definition of what social sustainability encompasses exists, the paper asks how social sustainability is translated into the financial market language by SARIs as they provide standards for disclosing corporate non-financial performance and promote their concepts of social sustainability. The paper uses a two-step qualitative content analysis. First, it operationalizes social sustainability based on the empirical data of six sustainability rating agencies. Second, this operationalization is compared with the concepts created by three SARIs. The paper shows significant differences between the concepts of the SARIs and the rating agencies. While the rating agencies altogether interpret social sustainability with 83 distinct aspects, the SARIs, although differently created, use significant reduced concepts where 20% of these aspects are absent. The result of this financialization process could be a simplified and financially determined concept of social sustainability within die socially discourse. The research is limited to social sustainability and its financialization by SARIs. Individual indicators and their way or intensity to capture aspects of social sustainability were not part of the research interest. Further research should investigate the economic and the ecological pillars of sustainability as well as the usage of such financialized concepts within the society and especially by corporations. The paper unfolds the arbitrariness of operationalizing a qualitative phenomenon like social sustainability through the financial system. It discloses the need for looking at the mechanisms behind such processes and at the interests of the actors behind the frameworks. The paper reveals the financialization process driven by SARIs and demonstrates its simplifying effects on the concept of social sustainability. Furthermore, the paper shows that SARIs as metrics for non-financial aspects are troubled with a lack of transparency and a lack of convergence.

Impact of sourcing from the informal economy on the export likelihood and performance of emerging economy firms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Octavio Escobar ◽  
Olivier Lamotte ◽  
Ana Colovic ◽  
Pierre-Xavier Meschi
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Informal Economy ◽  
Institutional Economics ◽  
Export Performance ◽  
Emerging Economy ◽  
Institutional Voids ◽  
Manufacturing Plants ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Unique Dataset

Abstract Building on the institutional economics perspective, we study how local firms in an emerging economy exploit institutional voids by sourcing inputs from industries with a large informal economy. We argue that this allows them to build a cost-related competitive advantage and leverage it both to export and to enhance export performance. The empirical study uses a unique dataset compiled by the Mexican authorities covering manufacturing plants between 2005 and 2012. Our results indicate that firms operating in industries that procure from industries with an extensive informal economy are more likely to export and to have better export performance.

Factors influencing consumer's adoption of internet of things: an empirical study from Indian context

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 315
Author(s):  
Parul Bajaj ◽  
Fatehi Almugari ◽  
Mosab I. Tabash ◽  
Majed Alsyani ◽  
Imran Saleem
Keyword(s):  
Internet Of Things ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Indian Context
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