Accounting and Statistical Analyses for Sustainable Development : Multiple Perspectives and Information-Theoretic Complexity Reduction |
Autore | Lemke Claudia |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Springer Nature, 2021 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (288 pages) |
Collana | Sustainable Management, Wertschöpfung und Effizienz |
Soggetto topico | Environmental economics |
Soggetto non controllato |
Environmental Economics
Sustainability Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Composite indicators Multilevel perspective Principal component analysis Information theory Open Access |
ISBN | 3-658-33246-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- Table of contents -- List of abbreviations -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of equations -- List of symbols -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Background and motivation -- 1.2 Research question and aim of the dissertation -- 1.3 Procedure -- Chapter 2 Conceptual framework of sustainable development -- 2.1 Definition of sustainable development and sustainability -- 2.2 The three contentual domains of sustainable development -- 2.2.1 Environmental protection -- 2.2.2 Social development -- 2.2.3 Economic prosperity -- 2.2.4 Integration of the three contentual domains -- 2.3 Stakeholders and change agents of sustainable development -- 2.3.1 The multilevel perspective -- 2.3.2 Corporate sustainability -- 2.3.3 Political goal setting: The United Nations's (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) -- 2.3.4 Sustainability science -- 2.4 Summary -- Chapter 3 Measuring and assessing contributions to sustainable development -- 3.1 Principles of sustainable development measurement and assessment methods -- 3.2 Overview of quantitative sustainable development assessment methods -- 3.3 Sustainable development indicators -- 3.3.1 Corporate indicator frameworks -- 3.3.2 Meso-level indices -- 3.3.3 Macro-level indices -- 3.4 Summary -- Chapter 4 Methodology -- 4.1 Overview of sustainable development indices' calculation steps and methodological requirements -- 4.2 Methodological evaluation of sustainable development indices -- 4.3 Methodology of the Multilevel Sustainable Development Index (MLSDI) -- 4.3.1 Collection of sustainable development key figures -- 4.3.2 Preparation of sustainable development key figures -- 4.3.2.1 Meso-level transformation to macro-economic categories -- 4.3.2.2 Macro-level transformation of statistical classifications -- 4.3.3 Imputation of missing values.
4.3.3.1 Characterisation of missing values -- 4.3.3.2 Single time series imputation: Various methods depending on the missing data pattern -- 4.3.3.3 Multiple panel data imputation: Amelia II algorithm -- 4.3.3.4 Statistical tests of model assumptions -- 4.3.4 Standardisation to sustainable development key indicators -- 4.3.5 Outlier detection and treatment -- 4.3.5.1 Characterisation of outliers -- 4.3.5.2 Univariate Interquartile Range (IQR) method -- 4.3.6 Scaling -- 4.3.6.1 Characterisation of scales -- 4.3.6.2 Rescaling between ten and 100 -- 4.3.7 Weighting -- 4.3.7.1 Overview of weighting methods -- 4.3.7.2 Multivariate statistical analysis: Principal Component Analysis (PCA) -- 4.3.7.3 Multivariate statistical analysis: Partial Triadic Analysis (PTA) -- 4.3.7.4 Information theory: Maximum Relevance Minimum Redundancy Backward (MRMRB) algorithm -- 4.3.7.5 Statistical tests of model assumptions -- 4.3.8 Aggregation -- 4.3.9 Sensitivity analyses -- 4.4 Summary and interim conclusion -- Chapter 5 Empirical findings -- 5.1 Data base, objects of investigation, and time periods -- 5.2 Sustainable development key figures -- 5.2.1 Collection and preparation of sustainable development key figures -- 5.2.2 Imputation of missing values -- 5.3 Sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.1 Alignment of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) disclosures -- 5.3.1.1 Environmental sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.1.2 Social sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.1.3 Economic sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.2 Summary statistics of the sustainable development growth indicators -- 5.3.3 Outlier detection and treatment -- 5.3.4 Empirical findings of the cleaned and rescaled sustainable development key indicators -- 5.3.4.1 Summary statistics. 5.3.4.2 Comparative analysis of the selected branches -- 5.4 Weighting -- 5.4.1 The Principal Component (PC) family's eigenvalues and explained cumulative variances -- 5.4.2 The Maximum Relevance Minimum Redundancy Backward (MRMRB) algorithm's discretisation and backward elimination -- 5.4.3 Comparative analysis of weights -- 5.4.4 Statistical tests of the Principal Component (PC) family -- 5.5 Empirical findings of the four composite sustainable development measures -- 5.5.1 Summary statistics -- 5.5.2 Comparative analysis of the selected branches -- 5.6 Sensitivity analyses -- 5.7 Summary -- Chapter 6 Discussion and conclusion -- 6.1 Implications for research -- 6.2 Implications for practice -- 6.3 Limitations and future outlook -- 6.4 Summary and conclusion -- Appendix -- A.1 Statistical classification scheme of economic activities in the European Union (EU) -- A.2 German health economy's statistical delimitation -- A.3 Statistical tests of sustainable development key figures -- A.4 Summary statistics of the sustainable development key indicators -- A.5 Outlier thresholds of the sustainable development key indicators -- A.6 Normality tests of z-score scaled sustainable development key indicators -- A.7 Sensitivities by the four composite sustainable development measures -- References. |
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Accounting for the environment : more talk and little progress / / edited by Martin Freedman, Bikki Jaggi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.408 |
Collana | Advances in Environmental Accounting & Management |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental auditing
Environmental reporting Environmental economics Environmental protection - Management Social responsibility of business |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-78190-304-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover; Accounting for the Environment: More Talk and Little Progress; Copyright page; Contents; Editors; List of Contributors; List of AD HOC Reviewers; Editors' Introduction; An Examination of the Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Financial Performance: The Case of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises; Introduction; Related Research and Hypotheses Development; Definition of CSR Activities; Measures of CSR; Chinese CSR Blue Book; Institutional Considerations for Chinese SOEs; Hypotheses Development; Measures of CFP; Data and Methodology; Sample Selection
Model SpecificationEmpirical Results and Analysis; Descriptive Statistics; Correlation Matrix; Regression Analysis - Hypothesis 1; Regression Analysis - Hypotheses 2 through 5; Discussion and Conclusions; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Towards a More Comprehensive Framework for Sustainability Control Systems Research; Introduction; Sustainability and Management Control: An Overview of the Literature; Towards a More Comprehensive Framework for SCS Research: The 'SCS Package'; Concluding Comments and Directions for Future Research; Notes; References Measuring Environmental Performance: Is Newsweek's Green Ranking the Solution?Measuring Pollution Performance: Is Newsweek's Green Ranking the Solution?; Background; History of Pollution Performance Measures; Prior Literature Using Pollution Performance Measures; Risk-Based TRI; Newsweek's Methodology; Hypothesis and Methodology; Sample; Hypothesis; Models to Test; Results; Descriptive Analysis; Correlations; OLS Regression Analysis with Full Sample; OLS Regression Analysis with Subsamples; Conclusions; Notes; References; Corporate Governance and Environmental Activity; Introduction Literature Review and Hypothesis DevelopmentA Socio-Political Theoretical Base; Benefits of Meeting Corporate Social Responsibilities; Benefits of Meeting Environmental Responsibilities; Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibilities; Corporate Governance and Environmental Responsibilities; Research Design and Variable Description; Measurement of the Primary Independent Variable - Corporate Governance; Measurement of the Primary Dependent Variable - Environmental Performance; Empirical Specification; Sample Selection and Descriptive Statistics; Results Additional Supplemental TestsConclusion; Notes; References; SEC Guidance on Climate Change Risk Disclosures: An Assessment of Firm and Market Responses; Introduction; Background and Hypothesis Development; Methods; Sample; Disclosure; Market Reaction; Results; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Appendix: Climate Change Risk Disclosure Metric |
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Accounting for the environment [[electronic resource] ] : more talk and little progress / / edited by Martin Freedman, Bikki Jaggi |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, England : , : Emerald, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (147 p.) |
Disciplina | 658.408 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
FreedmanMartin
JaggiBikki |
Collana | Advances in environmental accounting & management |
Soggetto topico |
Business & Economics - Accounting - General
Public finance accounting Accounting Environmental auditing Environmental reporting Environmental protection - Management Environmental economics Social responsibility of business |
ISBN | 1-78190-304-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | An examination of the relationship between corporate social responsibility and financial performance : the case of Chinese state-owned enterprises / Robert W. Rutledge ... [et al.] -- Towards a more comprehensive framework for sustainability control systems research / Angelo Ditillo, Irene Eleonora Lisi -- Measuring environmental performance : is Newsweek's green ranking the solution? / Yu Cong, Martin Freedman, Jin Dong Park -- Corporate governance and environmental activity / Martin Stuebs, Jr., Li Sun -- SEC guidance on climate change risk disclosures : an assessment of firm and market responses / Joan DiSalvio, Nina T. Dorata. |
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Adapting to Change : ESG and Alternative Finance in Shaping the Bank-Firm Relationship / / by Egidio Palmieri, Enrico Fioravante Geretto |
Autore | Palmieri Egidio |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 pages) |
Disciplina | 658.15 |
Collana | Palgrave Macmillan Studies in Banking and Financial Institutions |
Soggetto topico |
Financial services industry
Financial risk management Power resources Environmental economics Financial Services Risk Management Resource and Environmental Economics |
ISBN |
9783031502651
3031502655 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Determinants of Bank-Firm Relationships: overview, evolution, and challenges -- Chapter 3. ESG Innovation in the Financial Industry -- Chapter 4. Empirical evidence on the trinomial Bank-Firm relationship, ESG, and Alternative Finance -- Chapter 5. From Theory to Practice: Discussion and Managerial Implications -- Chapter 6. Conclusion. |
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Adapting to Climate Change : An Assessment of Vulnerability and Risks to Human Security in the Western Mediterranean Basin / / by Dania Abdul Malak, Katriona McGlade, Diana Pascual, Eduard Pla |
Autore | Abdul Malak Dania |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIX, 100 p. 11 illus., 9 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577.27 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science |
Soggetto topico |
Climate change
Environmental economics Climate Change Climate Change Management and Policy Environmental Economics |
ISBN | 3-319-51680-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2.The Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean -- 3.Impact Assessment -- 4. Policy Assessment -- 5.Vulnerability Assessment -- 6.Conclusions and Recommendations. |
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Adopting Circular Economy Current Practices and Future Perspectives / / Idiano D'Adamo |
Autore | Basel Idiano |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel : , : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (160 pages) |
Disciplina | 338.927 |
Soggetto topico | Environmental economics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | About the Special Issue Editor vii -- Idiano D'Adamo Adopting a Circular Economy: Current Practices and Future Perspectives Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 328, doi:10.3390/socsci8120328 1 -- Idiano D'Adamo The Profitability of Residential Photovoltaic Systems. A New Scheme of Subsidies Based on the Price of CO2 in a Developed PV Market Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2018, 7, 148, doi:10.3390/socsci7090148 7 -- Mihail Busu Adopting Circular Economy at the European Union Level and Its Impact on Economic Growth Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 159, doi:10.3390/socsci8050159 29 -- Erika Urb ´ankov ´a The Development of the Health and Social Care Sector in the Regions of the Czech Republic in Comparison with other EU Countries Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 170, doi:10.3390/socsci8060170 41 -- Giulia Caruso and Stefano Antonio Gattone Waste Management Analysis in Developing Countries through Unsupervised Classification of Mixed Data Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 186, doi:10.3390/socsci8060186 59 -- Pasquale Marcello Falcone Tourism-Based Circular Economy in Salento (South Italy): A SWOT-ANP Analysis Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 216, doi:10.3390/socsci8070216 75 -- Fernando E. Garcia-Mui ˜na, Roc´ıo Gonz´alez-S´anchez, Anna Maria Ferrari, Lucrezia Volpi, Martina Pini, Cristina Siligardi and Davide Settembre-Blundo Identifying the Equilibrium Point between Sustainability Goals and Circular Economy Practices in an Industry 4.0 Manufacturing Context Using Eco-Design Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 241, doi:10.3390/socsci8080241 91 -- Serdar T ¨urkeli and Martine Schophuizen Decomposing the Complexity of Value: Integration of Digital Transformation of Education with Circular Economy Transition Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 243, doi:10.3390/socsci8080243 113 -- Mar´ıa D. De-Juan-Vigaray and Ana I. Espinosa Segu´ı Retailing, Consumers, and Territory: Trends of an Incipient Circular Model Reprinted from: Soc. Sci. 2019, 8, 300, doi:10.3390/socsci8110300 135. |
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Advanced Mathematical Methods for Economic Efficiency Analysis : Theory and Empirical Applications / / edited by Pedro Macedo, Victor Moutinho, Mara Madaleno |
Autore | Macedo Pedro |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2023.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (267 pages) |
Disciplina | 330.0151 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MoutinhoVictor
MadalenoMara |
Collana | Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems |
Soggetto topico |
Econometrics
Social sciences - Mathematics Power resources Environmental economics Quantitative Economics Mathematics in Business, Economics and Finance Resource and Environmental Economics |
ISBN | 3-031-29583-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter 2. Production Economics and Economic Efficiency (Mónica Meireles) -- Chapter 3. Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review and Synthesis (Ana S. Camanho) -- Chapter 4. Stochastic Frontier Analysis: A Review and Synthesis (Mara Madaleno) -- Part II -- Chapter 5. Combining Directional Distances and ELECTRE Multicriteria Decision Analysis for Preferable Assessments of Efficiency (Thyago Nepomuceno) -- Chapter 6. Benefit-of-the-Doubt Composite Indicators and use of Weight Restrictions (Ana S. Camanho) -- Chapter 7. Multidirectional Dynamic Inefficiency Analysis: An Extension to Include Corporate Social Responsibility (Magdalena Kapelko) -- Chapter 8. Stochastic DEA (Samah Jradi) -- Chapter 9. Internal Benchmarking for Efficiency Evaluations using Data Envelopment Analysis: A Review of Applications and Directions for Future Research (Fabio Sartori Piran) -- Part III -- Chapter 10. Recent Advances in the Construction of Nonparametric Stochastic Frontier Models (Christopher F. Parmeter) -- Chapter 11. A Hierarchical Panel Data Model for the Estimation of Stochastic Metafrontiers: Computational Issues and an Empirical Application (Christine Amsler) -- Chapter 12. Robustness in Stochastic Frontier Analysis (Alexander D. Stead) -- Chapter 13. Is it MOLS or COLS? (Christopher F. Parmeter) -- Chapter 14. Stochastic Frontier Analysis with Maximum Entropy Estimation (Pedro Macedo). |
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Advances in Carbon Dioxide Compression and Pipeline Transportation Processes / / by Andrzej Witkowski, Andrzej Rusin, Mirosław Majkut, Sebastian Rulik, Katarzyna Stolecka |
Autore | Witkowski Andrzej |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (141 p.) |
Disciplina | 621.51 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology |
Soggetto topico |
Energy systems
Environmental economics Energy Systems Environmental Economics |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | General Introduction -- General Physical Properties of CO2 in Compression and Transportation Processes -- Compression and Pumping Technology Options -- Reference Options of the CO2 Compression Processes Available for Technological Concepts of a 900 MW Pulverized Coal-Fired Power Plant -- The Use of Waste Heat from the CO2 Compression Process -- Analysis of Transportation Systems for CO2 Sequestration -- Analysis of risk related to carbon dioxide pipeline transport. |
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Advances in Energy Resources and Environmental Engineering / / edited by Abdelfatah Abomohra, Razif Harun, Jia Wen |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1733 pages) |
Disciplina | 333.79 |
Collana | Environmental Science and Engineering |
Soggetto topico |
Environment
Environmental engineering Civil engineering Sustainability Power resources Environmental economics Environmental Sciences Environmental Civil Engineering Natural Resource and Energy Economics Resource and Environmental Economics |
ISBN | 3-031-42563-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Environmental Science -- Exploration of Resources and Environmental Protection -- Energy Economics and Management. |
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Advances in Hurricane Risk in a Changing Climate / / edited by Jennifer Collins, James Done, Yi-Jie Zhu, Paul Wilson |
Autore | Collins Jennifer |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2024.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 pages) |
Disciplina |
551
363.34 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
DoneJames
ZhuYi-Jie WilsonPaul |
Collana | Hurricane Risk |
Soggetto topico |
Natural disasters
Atmospheric science Earth sciences Geography Climatology Environmental economics Natural Hazards Atmospheric Science Earth and Environmental Sciences Climate Sciences Environmental Economics |
ISBN | 9783031631863 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Chapter 1. Recent Advances in the Emerging Field of Paleotempestology -- Chapter 2. Archival Evidence of Secular Changes in Georgia Hurricanes: 1750-2012 -- Chapter 3. Near-time Sea Surface Temperature and Tropical Cyclone Intensity in the Eastern North Pacific basin -- Chapter 4. Modern Tropical Cyclone Wind Observation and Analysis -- Chapter 5. Inland Tropical Cyclones and the “Brown Ocean” Concept -- Chapter 6. Typhoon/Hurricane Disaster Prediction and Prevention for Coastal, Offshore and Nuclear Power Plant Infrastructure -- Chapter 7. The use of Global Climate Models for Tropical Cyclone Risk Assessment -- Chapter 8. High Resolution Multi-Decadal Simulations of Tropical Cyclones -- Chapter 9, Analysis of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Landfall Forecasts in Coupled GCMs on Seasonal and Decadal Timescales -- Chapter 10. Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Changes in a Warmer Climate. |
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