Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: F.A. Jacobone Author-X-Name-First: F.A. Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobone Author-Name: S. Gori Author-X-Name-First: S. Author-X-Name-Last: Gori Author-Name: V.K. Sharma Author-X-Name-First: V.K. Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma Author-Name: G. Braccio Author-X-Name-First: G. Author-X-Name-Last: Braccio Title: Appropriate environmental-friendly energy technologies for sustainable rehabilitation and cross-border development Abstract: Today with billions of tonnes of carbon emissions into the atmosphere, global temperature rise and great obstacles to further development of conventional energy sources, it is a must that due attention be given to a range of environmental-friendly energy technologies, too relevant in the Adriatic coastal regions. Implementation of energy efficiency and maximum use of renewable, are more appropriate options to resolve problem relevant to both the basic sectors (buildings, transports, energy production and urban systems) and improve/strengthen sustainable development capabilities. It is in this context that a brief description of some environmental-friendly energy technologies that can easily be replicated in the Adriatic coastal regions, will be presented. In addition, real-time strategies, working simultaneously, able to reduce traffic congestion, vehicle emissions, benefitting both users and non-users of the transport network in social, environmental and economic terms, will be another salient feature of present communication. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 67-86 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: sustainable socio-economic development; conventional energy sources; environmental-friendly energy technologies; good practices; cross-border development; congestion and pollutant emissions in the transport network; real-time strategies. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89243 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:67-86 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Mike Dieterich Author-X-Name-First: Mike Author-X-Name-Last: Dieterich Title: Sustainable development as a driver for innovation and employment Abstract: Sustainability is the key to market recovery and future economic growth. Climate change and other natural disasters present an opportunity to save lives, and property. Efficiency and innovation are job creators spawning new technologies, use of building materials, and methods of building. Individuals like William Kamkwamba, "the boy who harnessed the wind" found solutions, surviving drought and famine, through innovation and perseverance during trying times. Sustainability reduces impact on the environment, benefits people, and grows wealth. This paper will discuss how to quantify sustainability with case studies the author has conducted. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 2-12 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: sustainability; innovation; employment; development; policy; society. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89245 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:2-12 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Suzelle Barrington Author-X-Name-First: Suzelle Author-X-Name-Last: Barrington Author-Name: Bijaya Adhikari Author-X-Name-First: Bijaya Author-X-Name-Last: Adhikari Title: Production vs. consumption management for sustainable agricultural resources Abstract: At 35%, world food production wastage is jeopardising the sustainability of global resources and the future of food security, especially considering that agriculture uses 60% and 37% of the world water and land resources. Ironically, rural populations are most exposed to poverty and hunger when they feed the world. Through a literature review, this paper will demonstrate that supply management, based on consumption, is a solution to food wastage and can in parallel, improve rural wealth, introduce sustainable agricultural practices, resolve major urban pressures and bring about global climate change adaptation. The concepts presented in this paper confront modern world agricultural policies as production management systems are being abolished throughout the world, including Canada. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 183-200 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: sustainable resources; food wastage; climate change. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89249 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:183-200 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jesús Valero-Gil Author-X-Name-First: Jesús Author-X-Name-Last: Valero-Gil Author-Name: Ana Allué-Poc Author-X-Name-First: Ana Author-X-Name-Last: Allué-Poc Author-Name: Abel Ortego Author-X-Name-First: Abel Author-X-Name-Last: Ortego Author-Name: Fabio Tomasi Author-X-Name-First: Fabio Author-X-Name-Last: Tomasi Author-Name: Sabina Scarpellini Author-X-Name-First: Sabina Author-X-Name-Last: Scarpellini Title: What are the preferences in the development process of a sustainable urban mobility plan? New methodology for experts involvement Abstract: Sustainable urban mobility plans (SUMP) have been trying to solve mobility issues by identifying suitable measures to be implemented according to citizen's behaviour and their expected impact. With the aim of improving the actual process of urban mobility development, here it is presented a new methodology, the mutual learning workshop (MLW). This methodology is specially designed to facilitate the joint work of experts advising SUMPs development. A total of 4 MLW were organised and 12 different urban mobility topics were approached. Discussion processes were moderated by experts in urban mobility from nine countries, who were leading the worktables and role playing activities. Using such methodology, the results of the 36 topics discussion and 12 role play activities are presented as important topics detected in the development of SUMPs and best practices found throughout Europe. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 135-155 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: sustainability; urban mobility; SUMP; sustainable urban mobility plans; MLW; mutual learning workshop; methodology innovation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89251 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:135-155 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Eddi Omrcen Author-X-Name-First: Eddi Author-X-Name-Last: Omrcen Author-Name: Ullika Lundgren Author-X-Name-First: Ullika Author-X-Name-Last: Lundgren Author-Name: Marianne Dalbro Author-X-Name-First: Marianne Author-X-Name-Last: Dalbro Title: Universities as role models for sustainability: a case study on implementation of University of Gothenburg climate strategy, results and experiences from 2011 to 2015 Abstract: This paper undertakes the concept of universities as role models for sustainability, regenerative sustainability and universities as living laboratories through a case study from University of Gothenburg and the implementation of the climate strategy. The climate strategy is a comprehensive university-wide strategy, including collaboration between faculty, administration and management, as well as with external stakeholders. With the support of its environmental management system (EMS), the University of Gothenburg manages climate action with a systematic approach, both in implementation and follow-up. This creates opportunities for technical solutions and social learning processes, and allows the University of Gothenburg to serve as a living laboratory and a role model for sustainability. The climate strategy was initiated 2011 and by the end of 2015 the target to reduce total carbon emissions by 20% was almost reached with a reduction of 18.5% compared with the baseline year 2008. The total energy use was reduced by 19%. These results were achieved even though the university revenues, staff/employees as well as students has increased from the year 2008 to 2015. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 156-182 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: EMS; environmental management system; climate strategy; living laboratory; interdependent approach. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89254 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:156-182 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Gorkem Gungor Author-X-Name-First: Gorkem Author-X-Name-Last: Gungor Author-Name: Ramazan Sari Author-X-Name-First: Ramazan Author-X-Name-Last: Sari Title: Turkey's energy system development: linking an energy supply model with an industrial simulation model and solving it iteratively Abstract: Turkey is in the progress to include nuclear energy to its electricity generation capacity. The energy modelling studies for Turkey mainly focus on usage of renewable energy and local fossil fuels and include nuclear power plants (NPP) only with their electricity generation capacities without taking into consideration the front- and back-ends of the nuclear fuel cycle. This study takes into consideration the life cycle assessment (LCA) of nuclear energy based on optimisation of energy system costs and usage of energy resources under atmospheric CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> and SO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emission constraints using MESSAGE iteratively with an industrial simulation model. This iterative modelling calculates the marginal costs of final energy generation and energy demands for domestic production. The results of this study are assessed using economic, environmental and social indicators. The study concludes that both environmental and nuclear energy scenarios are viable options to set national atmospheric CO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> and SO<SUB align="right"><SMALL>2</SMALL></SUB> emission targets for Turkey. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 44-66 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: nuclear energy; nuclear fuel cycle; energy modelling; energy demand modelling; domestic production; marginal cost of final energy; climate change; air pollution. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89262 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:44-66 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Şiir Kılkış Author-X-Name-First: Şiir Author-X-Name-Last: Kılkış Title: Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index for policy learning in cities Abstract: Policy learning between cities is a vital process to enable the diffusion of more sustainable practices. The Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems (SDEWES) Index provides a composite indicator to benchmark city performance based on 7 dimensions and 35 main indicators. In this research work, the SDEWES Index is applied to 25 cities. Data are collected, normalised, and aggregated to obtain the results. Stockholm (3.29), Espoo (3.25) and Sevilla (2.98) are the top three cities. An average city in the sample receives an index score of 2.75. The paper further develops a benchmarking tool to trigger policy learning based on the index performance. Two typologies of policy learning are discussed to stimulate an exploratory process for catching-up or finding solutions to common needs. On the basis of the total of 56 cities to which the index is applied to date, a search algorithm is developed to match cities in which 10 common patterns are identified. The paper concludes with the prospect of using the SDEWES Index to stimulate innovation for more sustainable cities. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 87-134 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: energy; water; environment systems; city index; composite indicator; sustainable development; benchmarking tool; policy learning. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89263 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:87-134 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Wellington Pereira Author-X-Name-First: Wellington Author-X-Name-Last: Pereira Author-Name: Nilson De Paula Author-X-Name-First: Nilson De Author-X-Name-Last: Paula Title: Lack of commitment of Brazilian federal institutions to ethanol competitiveness Abstract: Brazil is regarded as pioneer in developing a market for sugarcane ethanol, to a large extent due to initiatives of federal government in setting up this sector in the past by a heavy use of public policies to provide a fair environment for the development of a complete production chain of ethanol. The aim of this paper is to present the level of commitment of Brazilian federal institutions to ethanol market by means of public policies, especially those related to second-generation technology which is a crucial ingredient for the long-term development in the ethanol industry because of its technological impacts. For this purpose, this paper assesses the actions taken and decisions made by Brazilian federal institutions aiming the production and competitiveness of sugarcane ethanol based on the concept of sectorial system of innovation and production (SSIP). Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 201-219 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: ethanol; sugarcane; biofuels; public policies; sectorial system. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89266 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:201-219 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: George E. Halkos Author-X-Name-First: George E. Author-X-Name-Last: Halkos Author-Name: Kyriaki D. Tsilika Author-X-Name-First: Kyriaki D. Author-X-Name-Last: Tsilika Author-Name: Aggelos C. Iliopoulos Author-X-Name-First: Aggelos C. Author-X-Name-Last: Iliopoulos Title: Time series analysis of Earth's Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstructions using non-linear tools and statistical tests Abstract: This paper presents results concerning the non-linear analysis of the Earth's Northern Hemisphere mean annual land temperature reconstructions for the time period of 713-2004. The non-linear analysis consists of the application of several filtering methods, the estimation of geometrical and dynamical characteristics in the reconstructed phase space, techniques of discrimination between non-linear low-dimensional and linear high-dimensional (stochastic) dynamics and tests for serial dependence and non-linear structure. The results of this study indicate the efficiency of the filtering methods in revealing non-linear structures and correlations in short noisy time series, such as Earth's Northern Hemisphere temperature reconstructions. No low-dimensional chaotic behaviour evidence was found from the analysis. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 220-245 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: non-linear time series analysis; temperature reconstructions; filtering methods; discriminating statistics; environmental economics computation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89267 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:220-245 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Wojciech Grega Author-X-Name-First: Wojciech Author-X-Name-Last: Grega Author-Name: Krzysztof Pikoń Author-X-Name-First: Krzysztof Author-X-Name-Last: Pikoń Title: A new education model in sustainable energy Abstract: The European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT) has selected knowledge and innovation community (KIC) InnoEnergy as the leading engine for innovation and entrepreneurship in sustainable energy in Europe. Since 2010, KIC InnoEnergy Master School has offered Master's degree programs, which are directed at a new type of education in the energy field, aimed at mobilising the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit of the students. Seven Master's programs, accredited by top technical universities in Europe, offer a combination of engineering and entrepreneurship courses. This paper describes a new mechanism for the development of a teaching environment, which creates strong links between education, technology, business and entrepreneurship. The paper also emphasises the main distinguishing features of KIC InnoEnergy education and gives examples of the application of new pedagogical methods. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 13-27 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: education; master's programs; sustainable energy; The European Institute for Innovation and Technology; EIT; knowledge triangle; entrepreneurial; challenge-driven education; case teaching method; quality indicators; KPI; key performance indices. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89269 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:13-27 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ana Clara Da Cunha Ferreira Leite Author-X-Name-First: Ana Clara Da Cunha Ferreira Author-X-Name-Last: Leite Author-Name: Priscila De Jesus Freitas Pinto Author-X-Name-First: Priscila De Jesus Freitas Author-X-Name-Last: Pinto Author-Name: Jeziel Da Silva Nunes Author-X-Name-First: Jeziel Da Silva Author-X-Name-Last: Nunes Title: Sustainability and ethics as attraction factor and talent retaining, the case of the companies in Brazil Abstract: An ancient paradigm considered people as simple production factors. Nowadays, we know that human capital is fundamental for business success, and the challenge of attracting and retaining talents in competitive markets encourage companies to search for elements to differentiate themselves from competitors. Another paradigm says that the company's responsibility towards society is to limit themselves into producing a profit. Advances in debates about sustainability and ethics made us comprehend that companies cannot ignore that they have an important part in the matter that extrapolates operation limits. But how do sustainability and ethics contribute to attract and retain talents? Through this revision of literature and data from researches done with Brazilian companies, this essay intends to evaluate sustainable practices and how can they interfere in attraction capacity and retention of talents. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 28-43 Issue: 1/2 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: human capital; knowledge management; leadership; talents; sustainability; value; ethics; sustainable development. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=89270 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:1/2:p:28-43 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Vassilios Profillidis Author-X-Name-First: Vassilios Author-X-Name-Last: Profillidis Author-Name: George Botzoris Author-X-Name-First: George Author-X-Name-Last: Botzoris Author-Name: Athanasios Galanis Author-X-Name-First: Athanasios Author-X-Name-Last: Galanis Title: Decoupling of economic activity from transport-related energy consumption: an analysis for European Union member countries Abstract: In this paper, the evolution across different time periods of coupling and decoupling relationships between transport-related energy consumption and gross domestic product (GDP) for the EU-28 member countries is analysed. Focusing on the period before and after the economic crisis of the year 2008, it is noticeable a differentiation of the relation between economic growth and transport-related energy consumption, as after the economic crisis the vast majority of countries have passed the threshold of coupling and are subjected to a form of decoupling. This new reality creates a significant opportunity for transport activities and for travel habits to enter into a continuous process of rationalisation and reduction of both energy consumption and other transport-related harmful effects to the environment. It is a political and institutional challenge to maintain the observed decoupling, by strengthening and encouraging the green mobility, the environmentally friendly and efficient mobility, which is one of the greatest tasks of the future. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 271-286 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: coupling; decoupling; economic activity; transportation; energy consumption; European Union. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91518 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:271-286 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Jaime Moll De Alba Author-X-Name-First: Jaime Moll De Author-X-Name-Last: Alba Author-Name: Valentin Todorov Author-X-Name-First: Valentin Author-X-Name-Last: Todorov Title: How green is manufacturing? Status and prospects of national green industrialisation. The case of Morocco Abstract: This paper reviews the concept of green industry. Our study introduces an innovative methodology to analyse green industrial development at country level by constructing an original database and looking at both green industrial production and employment data derived from UNIDO's industrial statistics database (INDSTAT). We use our methodological approach to review the status and analyse the prospects of green industrialisation in a selected set of countries. We conclude that countries have not seized yet the opportunities offered by green industry. We undertake a closer analysis of the green performance of Morocco, a country that has failed in the past to boost industrial development despite having put in place an ambitious green industrial policy. Our analysis suggests that green industrialisation offers an untapped potential that developing countries might use in the future as an alternative path to operate their structural transformation within the framework of the existing international industrial development setting. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 308-326 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: green industry; green manufacturing sector; industrial production; industrial employment; industrialisation; Morocco. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91519 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:308-326 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Elisabeth Süßbauer Author-X-Name-First: Elisabeth Author-X-Name-Last: Süßbauer Author-Name: Martina Schäfer Author-X-Name-First: Martina Author-X-Name-Last: Schäfer Title: Greening the workplace: conceptualising workplaces as settings for enabling sustainable consumption Abstract: This conceptual paper contributes to management studies on workplace-related pro-environmental behaviour (PEB) by combining approaches from social practice theory (SPT), the settings-based approach to health promotion as well as the literature on organisational learning. From these perspectives, sustainable consumption at the workplace is seen as being embedded in daily routines which are rarely reflected upon and cannot easily be changed. We argue that companies - instead of focusing on individual attitudes and knowledge of employees - should enable them to experiment with sustainable consumption practices, provide supportive organisational and material structures, and integrate their experiences and needs in a continuous process of co-designing such an 'enabling setting'. We present an analytical framework that can be used to identify weaknesses of existing entrepreneurial strategies to promote PEB among employees and to conceptualise comprehensive strategies for 'greening' the workplace. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 327-349 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: PEB; pro-environmental behaviour; workplace setting; sustainable consumption; social practice theory; SPT; employee participation. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91521 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:327-349 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Clarence Tolliver Author-X-Name-First: Clarence Author-X-Name-Last: Tolliver Author-Name: Moinul Islam Author-X-Name-First: Moinul Author-X-Name-Last: Islam Author-Name: Kong Joo Shin Author-X-Name-First: Kong Joo Author-X-Name-Last: Shin Author-Name: Shunsuke Managi Author-X-Name-First: Shunsuke Author-X-Name-Last: Managi Title: The impact of energy security risks on energy consumption Abstract: This study assesses the impact of energy security risks on energy consumption by analysing a panel of data from 64 countries from 1980 to 2014. We find that rising energy security risk increases oil, natural gas, nuclear power, and wind power consumption and decreases hydroelectric power consumption. We also find that countries with greater energy security risks have increased the relative share of wind energy in their total energy consumption. These results suggest that energy security risk leads to diversified energy consumption through the adoption of renewable energy technologies. Furthermore, gross domestic product and population growth also result in overall increases in the energy consumption levels. This result is consistent with the results found in the existing literature. However, when we analyse the consumption of specific energy sources, solar and wind power consumption levels are shown to decrease in response to population growth. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 258-270 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: energy security; energy security risk; energy consumption; renewable energy resources. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91522 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:258-270 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Yamuna K. Moorthy Author-X-Name-First: Yamuna K. Author-X-Name-Last: Moorthy Author-Name: Sakuntala S. Pillai Author-X-Name-First: Sakuntala S. Author-X-Name-Last: Pillai Title: Optimal sensing duration for interweave cognitive radios based on energy efficiency Abstract: Cognitive radios (CR) have emerged as a promising physical layer candidate for 5G and future wireless systems. CR networks use the licensed spectrum when it is not being used by the licensed users. In this paper, we investigate an energy efficiency optimisation problem in interweave or spectrum sensing cognitive systems. The aim is to maximise the energy efficiency by jointly selecting the sensing duration and detection threshold. The joint optimisation problem is a non- convex problem. Therefore, we formulate two sub-problems which are independent and by alternately iterating between the two problems, we can arrive at the optimal value. Simulation results show that the proposed formulation of the optimisation problem and its solution shows energy efficiency gains compared to the existing algorithms. Also, the computational complexity is considerably reduced compared to the optimal method. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 350-359 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: cognitive radio; energy efficiency; convex optimisation; sensing threshold; detection threshold. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91535 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:350-359 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Paramita Dasgupta Author-X-Name-First: Paramita Author-X-Name-Last: Dasgupta Author-Name: Kakali Mukhopadhyay Author-X-Name-First: Kakali Author-X-Name-Last: Mukhopadhyay Title: Pollution haven hypothesis and India's intra-industry trade: an analysis Abstract: With the adoption of trade liberalisation measures India's merchandised trade has expanded considerably in post-1991. One of the important factors of such commendable growth is the significant expansion in India's Intra-industry Trade. Given this circumstance, it is an important task to find out whether such rapid growth in Intra-industry Trade (IIT) has any detrimental effect on the environment. With this purpose, the current paper measures the shares of pollution content of India's 'inter-industry trade' and 'IIT', and its impact on the environment by using Input-Output framework for the period 2001-2002 to 2011-2012. Applying the Grubel-Lloyd index the paper estimates the shares of IIT including Vertical and Horizontal in India's total trade with the USA and the EU-27. It observes that the Vertical IIT is dominant over those of the Horizontal IIT and export in IIT is highly pollution intensive. Above all, the results of Pollution terms of trade provide stronger evidence on the pollution haven effect. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 287-307 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: intra-industry trade; vertical IIT; horizontal IIT; input-output technique; Grubel-Llyod index; pollution haven hypothesis; pollution terms of trade; India's foreign trade; liberalisation of India. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91538 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:287-307 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Silke Niehoff Author-X-Name-First: Silke Author-X-Name-Last: Niehoff Author-Name: Grischa Beier Author-X-Name-First: Grischa Author-X-Name-Last: Beier Title: Industrie 4.0 and a sustainable development: a short study on the perception and expectations of experts in Germany Abstract: Trends are predicting a further 'industrial revolution' based on digitalisation. The industry has always had an influence on the sustainable development and it, therefore, seems essential to better understand and monitor the transformations in the industry from a sustainability science perspective. This short study intends to provide a starting point for research focused specifically on the environmental dimension of the triple bottom line. Based on a survey conducted among 100 participants from companies and research institutions and complemented by two semi-structured interviews, this study provides the first set of ideas and insights. Our results suggest that digitalisation has the potential to positively affect the environmental dimension of a sustainable development. However, the overall sustainability of digitalised industry has to receive more attention from researchers as well as from companies, in order to better understand and quantify this potential, and avoid a mere problem shifting as well as rebound effects. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 360-374 Issue: 3 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: sustainable development; digitalisation; resource efficiency; renewable energies; environmental management. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=91543 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Open Access Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:3:p:360-374 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Neima Quele Almeida Da Silva Author-X-Name-First: Neima Quele Almeida Da Author-X-Name-Last: Silva Author-Name: Carlos André Da Silva Müller Author-X-Name-First: Carlos André Da Silva Author-X-Name-Last: Müller Author-Name: Osmar Siena Author-X-Name-First: Osmar Author-X-Name-Last: Siena Title: Institutional analysis of the conception of an Amazon state extractive reserve Abstract: Extractive reserves (ERs) are protected areas that allow people living inside, as a result of Brazilian biodiversity conservation policy. It consists on try sustainable development together with the social local reality, allowing the survival of traditional populations with a self-sustaining economic activity. This institutionalised concept, however, seems too differ from many social products in the fields of ERs. So we intended answer why these actors, that should act in a isomorphic way, produce such diverse results? Thus, this study was based on document's analyses, analysis of expert´s visions performed by Content Analysis. The results demonstrate that the Federal ER's are closer to the original concept, while in the state ERs there are less sustainable activities such as timber extraction. We conclude the importance of social groups in determining the outcome in ERs. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 375-386 Issue: 4 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: exploitation; extractive reserves; sustainable development; institutionalism. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=95042 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:4:p:375-386 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Andri D. Setiawan Author-X-Name-First: Andri D. Author-X-Name-Last: Setiawan Author-Name: Aziiz Sutrisno Author-X-Name-First: Aziiz Author-X-Name-Last: Sutrisno Author-Name: Rajbeer Singh Author-X-Name-First: Rajbeer Author-X-Name-Last: Singh Title: Responsible innovation in practice with system dynamics modelling: the case of energy technology adoption Abstract: Despite the potential advantages, technology adoption often brings unexpected outcomes and even leads to failures on multiple fronts. The accountability of outcomes and failure of technology is missed out from technology development and adoption process. This issue has increasingly gained attention of researchers and practitioners. Responsible innovation (RI) has emerged as a concept that aims to address such issues through deploying the five dimensions (anticipation, reflexivity, deliberation, responsiveness, participation) in different stages of innovation process. However, the five dimensions lack of well identified and developed methodology. Therefore, the system dynamics (SD) modelling is explored as a method for extending the effectiveness of RI approach in practice. SD models on energy technology adoption dynamics developed here enable the demonstration of its applicability in anticipation and reflexivity. The paper concludes that the use of SD modelling seems useful for improving the capacity of reflexive and anticipatory dimensions of RI approach in practice. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 387-420 Issue: 4 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: responsible innovation; system dynamics modelling; energy technology adoption; sustainability; Indonesia. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=95048 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:4:p:387-420 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Ravikumar Gajbiye Author-X-Name-First: Ravikumar Author-X-Name-Last: Gajbiye Title: A sustainable redistribution model based on economic-environmental equilibrium: a global business perspective Abstract: Economic development is an inevitable fact of human life. This paper presents an analytical view of global economic development from three key perspectives: growth, sustainability and equilibrium. Natural resources being the building blocks of economic activity must be allotted significant importance in determining the wealth potential of a nation. Inadequacy of current measures of economic growth, and deviations from the real purpose of economic activity, necessitates evolving a novel economic indicator for quantifying 'real' growth. This paper presents various views on social and environmental impact assessment of economic growth. The research is formulated within the '6E framework of sustainability', wherein the main group elements are: 'Economic' and 'Environmental'. The proposed model is developed within the PESTEL framework in a global context. Finally, in order to propagate the ideology of 'sustainable and equitable' growth, a 'wealth redistribution model' based on economic-environmental equilibrium is proposed. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 421-445 Issue: 4 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: economic growth; sustainability; wealth distribution; equitable growth; economic-environmental equilibrium; UGDP; universal gross-domestic product; GNRP; gross natural resource product; WRM; wealth redistribution model. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=95059 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:4:p:421-445 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Rajni Kant Sharma Author-X-Name-First: Rajni Kant Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma Author-Name: Naseem Abidi Author-X-Name-First: Naseem Author-X-Name-Last: Abidi Author-Name: Kaleem Mohammad Khan Author-X-Name-First: Kaleem Mohammad Author-X-Name-Last: Khan Title: Comparison of conventional and fair trade systems on dimensions of sustainability: a study of basmati rice procurement in India Abstract: Conventional procurement at farm level, as starting point of the supply chain and a crucial link to farmer livelihoods and impact on sustainability, remains specifically ineffective in India. Initiatives like Fair Trade, in domain of 'alternative trade' mechanisms, have made inroads in global agricultural trade bridging the ethical consumers of the west to marginalised farmers in developing countries like India. This research paper explores indicators on all the dimensions of sustainability through literature as well as through exploratory factor analysis on primary data collected from Indian farmers who follow either conventional system or Fair Trade system to dispose their produce (basmati rice). The study also compares these systems on all indicators and dimensions of sustainability. It also explores the strength, weaknesses, suggestions to improve and reasons for formers to remain in the system. Findings suggest that Fair Trade system is better on almost all dimensions of sustainability than conventional system. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 446-468 Issue: 4 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: sustainability; conventional and fair trade systems; procurement; alternative trade. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=95066 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:4:p:446-468 Template-Type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: P.V. Gopi Krishna Author-X-Name-First: P.V. Gopi Author-X-Name-Last: Krishna Author-Name: Tippawan Lorsuwannarat Author-X-Name-First: Tippawan Author-X-Name-Last: Lorsuwannarat Title: Fostering innovation performance from a sustainable development perspective: towards a research agenda Abstract: The benefits of sustainability-driven innovation and their impacts on performance under the three dimensions of economic, social and environmental performance has often not been adequately captured. This paper acknowledges the gap and presents a conceptual framework that helps identify the determinants towards fostering innovation performance and explains the relationship with sustainability practices through the pursuit of the exploitation of existing competencies and exploration of new opportunities from a sustainable development perspective. Their eventual impact on innovation performance is assessed from the dynamic capabilities theory perspective. The research contributes to the field of sustainable innovation and provides a roadmap for organisations to bridge the sustainability gap. It provides a holistic framework that examines the relationships of stakeholder sustainability orientation, market orientation, exploration and exploitation regarding innovation performance and its eventual impact on sustainable development. The research helps to confirm that the pursuit of a sustainability agenda is indeed worthwhile for organisations. Journal: Int. J. of Innovation and Sustainable Development Pages: 469-497 Issue: 4 Volume: 12 Year: 2018 Keywords: exploration; exploitation; sustainable innovation; sustainability practices; innovation performance; sustainable development; sustainability gap. File-URL: http://www.inderscience.com/link.php?id=95108 File-Format: text/html File-Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers. Handle: RePEc:ids:ijisde:v:12:y:2018:i:4:p:469-497