Measurement of Regional Green Economy Sustainable Development Ability Based on Entropy Weight-Topsis-Coupling Coordination Degree—A Case Study in Shandong Province, China

Wang, Min; Zhao, Xiangang; Gong, Qunxi; Zhi-geng, JI

doi:10.3390/su11010280

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“…However, there are some limitations to this paper. Actually, a number of researchers have utilized the entropy method to weigh the indicators of a composite index, like Ma et al [29], Wang et al [46], and so on, but no one has compared the equal-weighted method with the entropy method. Honestly, it is difficult to compare the old method with the new method, and hard to say which one is better.…”

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“…The entropy method is a method used to calculate the weight of each indicator in a composite indicators system, based on the idea of entropy from basic information theory. Specifically, information is a measure of the degree of order in a system and entropy is a measure of the degree of disorder in a system; therefore, the smaller the indicator information entropy, the greater the information provided by the indicator, the greater its effect in the comprehensive evaluation, and the higher the weight [45,46]. According to Zhang et al [45], the weight calculated by the entropy method represents the relative rate of change of the indicator in a composite indicators system, while the relative level of each indicator should be figured by the standardized value of its data.…”

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“…Thus, the entropy method is an objective weighting method that makes weight judgments based on the size of the data information load. It can reduce the influence of human subjectivity on the evaluation result and makes the evaluation results more realistic [29,46]. Therefore, this method could make up for the lack of objectivity that HDI and HGDI have due to their use of the subjective evaluation method to calculate the weights of indicators.…”

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A Global Assessment of Sustainable Development Based on Modification of the Human Development Index via the Entropy Method

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In response to the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, this paper proposes a new National Sustainable Development Index (NSDI), based on the modification of the Human Development Index (HDI). The purpose of our research was to improve the widely adopted HDI index by incorporating more comprehensive sustainability perspectives, so as to help policy makers to better analyze the sustainability-related issues facing their countries. After clarifying the concept of sustainable development, our research suggests that this term represents a coordination and configuration of economic, social, and environmental aspects of development, with its major focuses on balancing intra-generational welfare and maximizing the total welfare across generations. We then put forward a novel NSDI framework including 12 indicators from dimensions of economy, resource environment, and society, and calculated the weights of 12 indicators using the entropy method. To further validate our proposed index, this paper also measured the NSDIs of 163 countries in the world, and compared this index with the HDI and other well-known modification indices of HDI. The results showed that the NSDI is a reliable and relative complete index for sustainable development assessment, which makes up for the shortcomings of existing indices.

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“…where represents the value of the j-th indicator of the i-th town. Given the fact that indicators presented different magnitudes and dimensions, all the indicators were primarily normalized according to their orientation [64,65]. The normalization process of indicators could be expressed as Equations (3) Zhu et al calculated the weight of maximum precipitation and maximum wind speed in typhoon disaster with the former being 0.78 and latter being 0.43 [63], and established a comprehensive index of typhoon precipitation and wind speed (Equation (1)):…”

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“…where x ij represents the value of the j-th indicator of the i-th town. Given the fact that indicators presented different magnitudes and dimensions, all the indicators were primarily normalized according to their orientation [64,65]. The normalization process of indicators could be expressed as Equations (3) and (4).…”

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Assessment on Island Ecological Vulnerability to Urbanization: A Tale of Chongming Island, China

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The twenty first century has witnessed an emerging research interest in island urbanization, which will set further pressure on island ecological vulnerability (IEV), especially in those islands with a fixed link to the mainland. In this contribution, the IEV of eighteen towns and townships in Chongming Island is assessed based on an “exposure (E)-sensitivity (S)-adaptive capacity (A)” framework and by means of the entropy weight method for determination of the weight of fifteen indicators. The assessment results show that: (1) An index system consisting of 1 objective, 3 sub-objectives, 8 elements, and 15 indicators can be established and tested to reflect the IEV to island urbanization; (2) The overall ecological vulnerability of Chongming Island to urbanization is at a rather low level, with only three out of eighteen towns and townships at a moderate high and high IEV level, while the spatial distribution of IEV surrounds Chengqiao, the seat of the district government, and radiates in a fan-shaped manner; (3) Chengqiao inevitably leads among the towns and townships in its IEV value, and its westward urbanization has adversely affected the IEV of adjacent towns Xinhe and Jianshe. (4) Chenjia’s moderate low level of IEV comes as a surprise to the authors, due largely to its proximity to Shanghai. Our proposed E-S-A framework and assessment model could be rationally applied to similar islands with fixed links to the mainland nationally and internationally, which is the major contribution of our study.

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Depicting the role of cross‐cultural legitimacy for responsible innovation in Asian‐Pacific business models: A dialectical systems view of Yin‐Yang harmony

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Recognizing the key role of innovation in ensuring the definition of managerial and organizational model able to support companies in facing the multiple challenges of sustainable development, the paper focuses on the domain of Responsible innovation (RI) with the aim to depict the role of cross-cultural legitimacy for RI in Asian-Pacific business models. Adopting the interpretative lens provided by Dialectical Systems View, the Yin-Yang dichotomy is discussed for depicting the relationships among focal firms and stakeholders within in Asian-Pacific cross-cultural models. Hypotheses are tested via constructed stepwise regression models using secondary data related to a sample of large Chinese MNEs listed in the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges over the period from 2009 to 2018. The research shows the multiple influences that cultural legitimacy has in influencing RI and firm performance in the Asian-Pacific cross-cultural business models. Thanks to the study, the current debate about the role of innovation in supporting the definition of sustainable-based business models is enriched through the definition of cross-cultural legitimacy as key driver for RI in Asian-Pacific business models. Thanks to the reflections herein, RI is definitely approached as a holistic domain whose understanding requires to researchers and practioners to overcome traditional business "boundaries." K E Y W O R D S Asian-Pacific business models, cross-cultural legitimacy, dialectical systems view, responsible innovation, Yin-Yang dichotomy 1 | INTRODUCTION Despite the prolonged wounds to the Asian-Pacific economy caused by an unprecedent global public health emergency (GPHE) (i.e., the COVID-19) (World Economy Outlook, 2021), in late 2020 China has played a proactive role in developing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) consisted of main Asian-Pacific countries. This strategic action enhances and deepens socio-economic interdependence and co-creative innovation among organizations bypromoting the emergence and prosperity of cross-cultural business models (CBMs) through which it becomes possible to consider the involved ecological and societal responsibilities when performing scientific innovation activities (Caputo et al., 2019;Chin, Shi, et al., 2021;Singh et al., 2020). Responsible innovation (RI) in CBMs is based on responsible collaboration among firms and their stakeholders for promoting sustainability in innovation practices. Accordingly, the research tries to link RI to the previously under-researched CBM context in the Asian-Pacific.As highlighted by consolidated literature, multinational enterprises (MNEs) often encounter big challenges regarding the building

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Measurement of Regional Green Economy Sustainable Development Ability Based on Entropy Weight-Topsis-Coupling Coordination Degree—A Case Study in Shandong Province, China

Cited by 101 publications

References 28 publications

A Global Assessment of Sustainable Development Based on Modification of the Human Development Index via the Entropy Method

A Global Assessment of Sustainable Development Based on Modification of the Human Development Index via the Entropy Method

Assessment on Island Ecological Vulnerability to Urbanization: A Tale of Chongming Island, China

Depicting the role of cross‐cultural legitimacy for responsible innovation in Asian‐Pacific business models: A dialectical systems view of Yin‐Yang harmony

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