A note on the evolution of directional distance function and its development in energy and environmental studies 1997–2013

N Zhang, Y Choi - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Recently, a relatively new methodology named directional distance function (DDF) has been
attracting positive attention in the field of energy and environmental (E&E) modeling …

A systematic review of eco-innovation and performance from the resource-based and stakeholder perspectives

RT Munodawafa, SK Johl - Sustainability, 2019 - mdpi.com
The growing concerns surrounding the precarious state of the biosphere have triggered
organizations to develop and implement innovations that curb environmental degradation …

The impact of environmental regulation, shadow economy, and corruption on environmental quality: Theory and empirical evidence from China

H Chen, Y Hao, J Li, X Song - Journal of Cleaner production, 2018 - Elsevier
Mounting environmental pressures led China to focus on the effectiveness of the
environmental regulation to control pollution. Since the shadow economy, or underground …

Measuring environmental sustainability performance of South Asia

H Sun, M Mohsin, M Alharthi, Q Abbas - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
Sustainability and low-carbon economy strategies have been widely studied in the past;
nevertheless, researchers often ignore the effects of combining energy, economic, and …

Financial factors influencing the quality of corporate social responsibility and environmental management disclosure: A quantile regression approach

E Ortas, I Gallego‐Alvarez… - Corporate Social …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This paper revisits the influence of companies' financial factors on the extent of corporate
environmental sustainability reporting (CESR) in an impressive sample of 3931 companies …

Efficiency evaluation for regional urban water use and wastewater decontamination systems in China: A DEA approach

Y Bian, S Yan, H Xu - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2014 - Elsevier
Rapid economic growth and urbanization in China have resulted in great water consumption
in recent years. China has been facing increasingly severe water shortage crisis, especially …

Research on the green total factor productivity of laying hens in China

S Zhong, J Li, X Chen, H Wen - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
China is a large country of egg consumption, the study on China's laying hens breeding
green total factor productivity (LHBG) is conducive to reducing pollution emissions while …

Corporate participation in voluntary environmental programs in India: determinants and deterrence

S Kumar, S Shetty - Ecological Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
This article examines the motivations for firms in India to participate in voluntary
environmental programs (VEPs) using a unique data set of cement, power and steel industry …

Social-benefit certification as a game

R Buckley - Tourism Management, 2013 - Elsevier
Tourism ecocertification programs persist and proliferate despite low market penetration and
apparent consumer indifference. This has been viewed simply as an early-adoption phase …

Spatial-temporal characteristics and influencing factors of atmospheric environmental efficiency in China

X Ma, X Zhao, L Zhang, Y Zhou, H Chen - Environmental Science and …, 2021 - Springer
This research constructs a super efficiency slack-based measure (SBM) model based on the
Malmquist-Luenberger (ML) index to analyze the atmospheric environmental efficiency …