The United States desperately needs an energy policy. It is fundamental to our economic growth, environmental sustainability and national security....
Vigie-PME
Sustainable Development Capital to raise $500m for Asia cleantech
- 02 Mars
- Clics: 5418
- Articles scientifiques
Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL), a London- headquartered investment and advisory company, plans to tap $500 million to invest in green business in Asia within the next three years.
The sustainability of functionality development of science and technology: Papers and patents of emerging economies
- 24 Février
- Clics: 5591
- Articles scientifiques
Publication year: 2012
Source: Journal of Informetrics, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 55-65
Chan-Yuan Wong, Kim-Leng Goh
Recent development saw concerted efforts by emerging countries to transform their industrial-based economy to post-industrial knowledge-based economy. The growth of science and technology is necessary to support this economic transformation strategy. Based on the concept of functionality development of a growth model, this study attempts to analyze the dynamism and sustainability of growth in science and technology of selected Asian emerging economies. Using the number of published papers and patents as proxies, bi-logistic growth functions were fitted to examine the prolongation ability of science and technology, and the time at which each functionality development emerges. The perspective of a paradigm shift from industrial to knowledge-based economic development is taken into consideration in the analysis. The estimated prolongation ability of the newly industrialized economies (NIEs) including South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore suggests significant transformation of their innovation system that led to a higher degree of functionality, while developing economies such as China, Malaysia and Thailand show no significant change over the years. The results suggest that the NIEs have succeeded in developing new growth trajectories that are beneficial for the transformation towards a knowledge-based economy.
Source: Journal of Informetrics, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2012, Pages 55-65
Chan-Yuan Wong, Kim-Leng Goh
Recent development saw concerted efforts by emerging countries to transform their industrial-based economy to post-industrial knowledge-based economy. The growth of science and technology is necessary to support this economic transformation strategy. Based on the concept of functionality development of a growth model, this study attempts to analyze the dynamism and sustainability of growth in science and technology of selected Asian emerging economies. Using the number of published papers and patents as proxies, bi-logistic growth functions were fitted to examine the prolongation ability of science and technology, and the time at which each functionality development emerges. The perspective of a paradigm shift from industrial to knowledge-based economic development is taken into consideration in the analysis. The estimated prolongation ability of the newly industrialized economies (NIEs) including South Korea, Taiwan and Singapore suggests significant transformation of their innovation system that led to a higher degree of functionality, while developing economies such as China, Malaysia and Thailand show no significant change over the years. The results suggest that the NIEs have succeeded in developing new growth trajectories that are beneficial for the transformation towards a knowledge-based economy.
Highlights
â–º The sustainability of FD lends support to the self-propagating behaviour. â–º The creation of FD can be realized to support a knowledge-based development. â–º The structural changes of NIEs substantiated the presence sustainable FD.Addressing the Climate Change--Sustainable Development Nexus: The Role of Multistakeholder Partnerships
- 24 Février
- Clics: 5887
- Articles scientifiques
While calls are being made to deal with the linkages between climate change and sustainable development to arrive at an integrated policy, concrete steps in this direction have been very limited so far. One of the possible instruments through which both issues may be approached simultaneously is a multistakeholder partnership, a form of governance with the potential to address existing regulatory, participation, resource and learning gaps as it harnesses the strengths of private, public, and nonprofit partners. There is some insight into partnerships for climate change, but largely limited to developed countries, and those in developing countries most often do not involve companies. To help fill this gap, this article explores the role of multistakeholder partnerships in addressing climate change and sustainable development in developing-country settings. It elaborates on the governance function of partnerships, on actor involvement, the gaps addressed, as well as synergies and trade-offs in the climate change-sustainable development nexus and how partnerships may help address them. As the number of such partnerships is still limited, we discuss seven illustrative partnerships and draw conclusions as to further conceptualizations and implications for research and practice.
Plus d'articles...
- Sustainability transitions in the making: A closer look at actors, strategies and resources
- Development of a relative risk model for evaluating ecological risk of water environment in the Haihe River Basin estuary area
- The role of qualitative risk assessment in environmental management: A Kazakhstani case study
- Can the Genuine Progress Indicator better inform sustainable regional progress?—A case study for Northeast Ohio
