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Thermodynamic optimisation of the biofuel production based on mutualism

Grisolia, Giulia; Fino, Debora; Lucia, Umberto - In: Energy Reports 6 (2020), pp. 1561-1571

Recently, we have introduced a new bioeconomic indicator in order to avoid the difficulties in evaluating the process and technologies for sustainability. In this paper, we wish to improve this new indicator for the analysis of sustainability. Indeed, the indicator has been based on the exergy...

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Polluting technologies and sustainable economic development

Bertinelli, Luisito; Strobl, Eric; Zou, Benteng - 2006

We study how the import of older and more polluting technologies alters the relationship between output and environmental quality in developing countries within a vintage capital framework. Our results show that old technologies prolong the period until which pollution may eventually decrease...

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Building the supply of demand: Experiments in mini-grid demand stimulation

Lukuyu, June; Fetter, Rob; Krishnapriya, P. P.; … - In: Development Engineering 6 (2021), pp. 1-24

Solar mini-grids are a key element in strategies to achieve universal access to modern energy by 2030. In many settings mini-grids offer a combination of affordability, reliability, and capacity for productive use of power, moreso than most solar home systems and some central grids. Yet the...

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Domestic energy consumption in Ghana: Deprivation versus likelihood of access

Karakara, Alhassan A.; Osabuohien, Evans; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

Purpose - This paper analyses the extent to which households are deprived (or otherwise) of clean energy sources in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach - It engages the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey data (GDHS VI). Three different energy deprivation indicators were estimated: cooking fuel...

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Achieving food security in Ghana: Does governance matter?

Asare-Nuamah, Peter; Amoah, Anthony; Asongu, Simplice - 2021

This study complements the extant literature by assessing the role of governance dynamics in food security in Ghana for the period 1980-2019. The empirical evidence is based on the Fully Modified Ordinary Least Squares (FMOLS) technique and governance is categorized into: political (entailing...

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A Triptych Inquiry: Rethinking Sustainability, Innovation, and Financial Performance

Busch, Timo; Stinchfield, Bryan T.; Wood, Matthew S. - 2011

, which only holds in the long-term but not in the short-term. Further, we find support for a moderating effect of innovation … in the long-term, innovation mediates the ESP-CFP relationship suggesting that innovation should be considered as a long …

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"Happy accidents": Innovation-driven opportunities and perspectives for development in the knowledge economy

Carayannis, Elias G.; Campbell, David F. J.; Rehman, … - In: Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship 4 (2015), pp. 1-16

From Development as Democracy to Innovation as Development: Current local, regional, and global economic and financial … that are based on high quality and quantity innovations. Given the uncertainty and change inherent in the innovation … re-distribution can lead to innovation and help an economy move from a stagnant state into a new sustainable economic …

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System of dynamic norms as a basis for sustainable development management of territories of innovative development

Maltseva, Anna - In: Journal of Global Entrepreneurship Research 6 (2016) 2, pp. 1-27

The aim of the research is to develop a system of dynamic norms providing an assessment of the projects of territories of innovative development for the purposes of their control and management. Using the functional approach we conducted a study of effective organization of territories of...

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