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New Approaches to Evaluation and Measurement of Sustainability and Its Relationship with Other Areas (Directions) of World Development

A special issue of Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050). This special issue belongs to the section "Economic and Business Aspects of Sustainability".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 11198

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Dr. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska

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Interests: green innovations; regional development; energy transformation; sustainable development; green growth and green economy
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Dr. Katarzyna Cheba

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Faculty of Economics, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, 70-310 Szczecin, Poland
Interests: sustainable competitiveness; economic development; forecasting; econometrics; sustainability
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Currently published scientific papers as well as reports and business projects indicate that the current stage of the evolution of the idea of sustainable development is primarily its integration with other areas of research, including directions such as: sustainable agriculture, sustainable consumption, sustainable transport and sustainable logistics, sustainable finances, and sustainable competitiveness, but also sustainable cities, sustainable innovations, sustainable transport infrastructure, sustainable strategies, and many others. The multitude of proposed definitions of their details and practical applications is huge. There are also different ways to incorporate the concept of sustainable development into the scope of other areas and research directions—ranging from simply combining sustainable development with other areas, through more advanced proposals, to connections that take into account the network dimension of relations between connected areas. The reflection of emerging proposals and approaches is both the multitude of definitions as well as measurement models of new research areas.

This unregulated scope of including sustainable development in virtually all areas of human life, due to the growing interest and urgent need to take into account goals referring to sustainable development at various stages of formulated visions, strategies, and development plans, finally requires ordering. This ordering can apply to both definition and measurement aspects, as well as relationships linking sustainable development with other areas relevant to current and future world development.

Therefore, papers presenting changes in the approach to defining and measuring sustainable development are welcome, in particular in the aspect of combining this idea with other areas of research, including in terms of:

  • sustainable finances;
  • sustainable agriculture;
  • sustainable consumption;
  • sustainable transport;
  • sustainable logistics;
  • sustainable competitiveness;

but also:

  • sustainable innovations;
  • sustainable investments;
  • sustainable cities;
  • sustainable business strategies;

as well as other areas of research in which the need to integrate sustainable development into existing definition and measurement proposals is evident.

Dr. Katarzyna Szopik-Depczyńska
Dr. Katarzyna Cheba
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • extension of sustainability definition and measurement
  • relationships between sustainability and other areas of macro- and microdevelopment
  • new areas of research in the area of sustainability
  • holistic models of relationships describing the new approach to extension of sustainability
  • global trends in sustainable development
  • new trends in measurement of sustainable development

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The Role of Relational Capital in Anti-Crisis Measures Undertaken by Companies—Conclusions from a Case Study
by Anna Walecka
Sustainability 2021, 13(2), 780; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su13020780 - 14 Jan 2021
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The aim of this article was to present the results of empirical research conducted in enterprises of all sizes operating in Poland and Central Europe. The study focused on the impact of relational capital on the prevention of and intervention in the event [...] Read more.
The aim of this article was to present the results of empirical research conducted in enterprises of all sizes operating in Poland and Central Europe. The study focused on the impact of relational capital on the prevention of and intervention in the event of a crisis in a company. The author assumes that there is a link between a company’s relational capital and its susceptibility to crisis phenomena. The research carried out allowed different conclusions to be drawn. It turns out that the studied companies were characterized by a high level of relational capital. Their internal relational capital—particularly the relations between employees and company owners—was especially important to them. Relations of the surveyed companies with external stakeholders were also important. In response to the question about the role of relational capital in anti-crisis measures undertaken by companies, it appears that the relational capital of the companies surveyed allowed them, in their opinion, to avoid many crisis situations. Thanks to the right attitudes of the surveyed companies’ stakeholders, they have often managed to avoid crises. This situation also applies to the recent crisis caused by COVID-19. Full article
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Rental Income Structure in Economy as a Basis for Sustainable Agrarian Relations in the Agro-Industrial Complex
by Andrey Zaytsev
Sustainability 2020, 12(18), 7287; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12187287 - 05 Sep 2020
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Modern features of the development of the agro-industrial complex as part of the economy as a whole require changes in the traditional models of state regulation, which do not take into account the structure of rental income in the economy and do not [...] Read more.
Modern features of the development of the agro-industrial complex as part of the economy as a whole require changes in the traditional models of state regulation, which do not take into account the structure of rental income in the economy and do not use the capabilities of the relevant instruments. This is reflected in the insufficient efficiency of subsidies provided by the state to agricultural enterprises and the preservation of high social and infrastructural differentiation of the regions, as well as the dependence of the agricultural sector on the pricing policy of other industries. All this is shown by the example of the analysis of statistical data of regions of the Russian Federation for 2011–2019. To eliminate these problems, theoretical and methodological approaches have been developed, which made it possible to substantiate the concept of regulating the sustainability of agricultural relations through the synthesis of the theory of sustainability, the theory of systems, and rental theory. Within the concept the role of the structure of rental income in the formation of sustainability of agrarian relations, in their qualitative content, and in the redistribution of added value from the agrarian sphere in monopolized spheres is revealed. The possibility and necessity of state regulation of the agrarian sphere on the basis of dynamic regulation of the sustainability of agrarian relations with the help of management of the rent mechanism is substantiated. Full article
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Evaluation of the Level of Sustainable Development of Provinces in China from 2012 to 2018: A Study Based on the Improved Entropy Coefficient-TOPSIS Method
by Yuqing Liao, Yongchao Ma, Jingliang Chen and Ruirui Liu
Sustainability 2020, 12(7), 2712; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12072712 - 30 Mar 2020
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Based on the definition and implication of sustainable development, this paper first constructed an evaluation indicator system for the sustainable development level of provinces in China, and performed a scientific evaluation on the sustainable development level based on official statistics from 2012 to [...] Read more.
Based on the definition and implication of sustainable development, this paper first constructed an evaluation indicator system for the sustainable development level of provinces in China, and performed a scientific evaluation on the sustainable development level based on official statistics from 2012 to 2018 by using the improved Entropy Coefficient-TOPSIS (Technique for Order Preference by Similarity to an Ideal Solution) method. The evaluation results showed that the eastern region of China has the highest level of sustainable development, with its two municipalities directly under the central government, Beijing and Shanghai, achieving the full score of 1.0000 in all evaluations, both ranking first among all the provinces. There were significant differences in the level of sustainable development across provinces in the central region, which were comparatively weaker in terms of environmental sustainability and science and technology sustainability, with four provinces’ evaluation scores below 0.5000. The provinces of the western region had comparatively lower levels of sustainable development, with six of the provinces ranking among the bottom ten in the overall sustainability score. In the northeast region, Liaoning had the highest overall sustainable development level, ranking ninth in the country, with an evaluation score of 0.7726; however, there were large differences across the region, with the other two provinces ranking 19th and 21th, respectively, in the overall sustainability score. Based on the research findings, this paper has provided relevant policy recommendations for China to further improve the sustainable development level of various provinces in the future. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Approaches to Evaluation and Measurement of Sustainability and Its Relationship with Other Areas (Directions) of World Development)
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Sustainable Economic Growth Based on R&D Amplification and Technological Content of Exports. Evidences from Romania and The V4 Economies
by Aurel Burciu, Rozalia Kicsi, Ionel Bostan, Iulian Condratov and Cristian Valentin Hapenciuc
Sustainability 2020, 12(5), 1831; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12051831 - 29 Feb 2020
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A vast body of literature recognizes the importance of exports as a driver of economic growth. The increasing share of more sophisticated exports gave birth to the idea that the composition of exports, and not just exports per se, could be crucial for [...] Read more.
A vast body of literature recognizes the importance of exports as a driver of economic growth. The increasing share of more sophisticated exports gave birth to the idea that the composition of exports, and not just exports per se, could be crucial for economic dynamics. The aim of this paper was to estimate the relative importance of exports with different technological content on economic growth in Romania and V4 economies, considering R&D (Research and Development) expenditure as a predictor of the pattern of these exports. We used a panel analysis on a data set covering the period of 1995–2017 for Romania and V4 economies. The overall results outline significant differences among selected countries in terms of how the composition of exports influenced economic growth in selected countries. In addition, significant differences were found among selected countries in how R&D expenditure influenced the composition of exports. This paper has clearly shown that the composition of exports has different effects on economic growth in selected countries, mostly explainable by country-specific factors. At the same time, the R&D activity, as the main input in the innovation process, can determine the pattern of the structure of exports. The conclusions of such research could become useful tools in shaping macroeconomic policies focused on sustained growth and long-term economic development, especially in countries concerned about improving their status in the global value chain. Full article
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Provincial Quality of Economic Growth: Measurements and Influencing Factors for China
by Shaofeng Ru, Jiaqi Liu, Tonghui Wang and Guo Wei
Sustainability 2020, 12(4), 1354; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/su12041354 - 12 Feb 2020
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An extended total factor productivity method is developed for measuring the quality of economic growth (QEG). Specifically, criteria for judging the QEG are first elaborated using endogenous economic growth theory, and subsequently, an assessment index system for evaluating QEG is constructed. In this [...] Read more.
An extended total factor productivity method is developed for measuring the quality of economic growth (QEG). Specifically, criteria for judging the QEG are first elaborated using endogenous economic growth theory, and subsequently, an assessment index system for evaluating QEG is constructed. In this system, the production factors primarily include labor, material capital, education, medical and health, environmental resource, and social security, while the output indexes comprise the gross domestic product (GDP), employment rate, income gap, and environmental pollution. In the empirical study, the directional distance function and Global Malmquist-Luenberger index are implemented to examine the QEG in China from 2000 to 2016 by provinces, regions, and factor decomposition, respectively. The global scale technological change and global pure technological change are the main sources for improving the QEG. The results also reveal a considerable widespread inefficiency and uneven development of the QEG. In general, from the eastern to western to central regions, the QEG becomes noticeably lower; The investment level is not only a driving force for economic growth, but also a source for boosting the QEG. These findings will provide a reference for China in adjusting relevant investments, ameliorating environmental conditions, and accomplishing the unity of quantity, quality, and efficiency in economic growth. Full article
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