Sustainable Development and Energy Transition in Europe and Asia.

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Sustainable Development and Energy Transition: Introduction and Overview -- Concluding remarks -- References -- 1. The Role of Microfinance in Women Empowerment: Global Sustainable Perspectives in the Case of Vietnam -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. MF and women empowerment -- 1.3. Data and research methods -- 1.4. Research findings and discussion -- 1.4.1. Economic empowerment -- 1.4.2. Feminist and legal empowerment -- 1.5. Conclusion -- 1.6. References -- 2. Is China's Dependency on Coal a Threat to Its Economic Development? -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Coal consumption and environmental implications in China -- 2.3. Coal demand and economic growth in China -- 2.4. Methodological framework and findings -- 2.5. Conclusion -- 2.6. References -- 3. China's "Ecological Civilization": Geopolitical and Geo-economic Insights -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. A tale of explosive economic growth -- 3.2.1. China's economic model -- 3.2.2. Critiques to China's growth strategy -- 3.3. China's environmental degradation -- 3.4. The battle for "blue skies" and the BRI -- 3.5. Conclusion -- 3.6. References -- 4. City Logistics Foundation: Japan at the Forefront -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. City logistics: issues and stakeholders -- 4.2.1. Economic and societal stakes -- 4.2.2. Diversity of stakeholders -- 4.2.3. A potential development for the wholesaler? -- 4.3. Japan: a favorable context for research on city logistics -- 4.3.1. Main areas of logistics innovation -- 4.3.2. From logistics innovations to theoretical formalizations -- 4.4. Conclusion -- 4.5. Acknowledgments -- 4.6. References -- 5. The EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement as a Norm Model for Sustainable Development Issues in the Future EU FTAs in Asia -- 5.1. Introduction.

5.2. The EU as a norm promoter in sustainable development -- 5.3. EU-Japan trade and investment imbalances -- 5.4. The context of the EU's free trade negotiations with Asia -- 5.5. The EU-Japan EPA and sustainable development issues -- 5.5.1. The EU's aims in the EPA negotiations -- 5.5.2. Trade and sustainable development issues -- 5.5.3. Other issues in the negotiations and reflections from the field -- 5.6. Conclusion -- 5.7 Acknowledgments -- 5.8. References -- Interviews -- 6. The Relationship Between Shareholder Value and International Transfer of Environmental Management Practices -- 6.1. Introduction -- 6.2. Literature review -- 6.2.1. Shareholder value and environmental performance -- 6.2.2. Environmental management transfer -- 6.3. Methodology -- 6.3.1. Data -- 6.3.2. Analytical framework and hypothesis -- 6.3.3. Variables -- 6.4. Results of analysis -- 6.5. Discussion -- 6.6. Conclusion -- 6.7. References -- 7. Global Crisis of Sustainable Development and Global Warming: A Case Analysis of Indonesia and Laos -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Background for climate change policy -- 7.3. Literature review -- 7.4. Research objectives -- 7.4.1. Major objectives of the research -- 7.5. Case studies -- 7.5.1. The case of Indonesia -- 7.5.2. The case of Laos -- 7.6. The 2015 Paris climate agreement -- 7.7. Regression analysis -- 7.8. Conclusion -- 7.9. References -- Relevant weblinks -- 8. Southeast Asian Energy Transformation: Is It Enough and Sustainable? -- 8.1. Introduction -- 8.2. Southeast Asian energy strategy -- 8.3. Energy consumption - dependency on fossil fuels -- 8.4. The Southeast Asia energy dilemma -- 8.5. Conclusion -- 8.6. References -- 9. Analyzing the Reasons for the Low Ratio of Female Researchers in Japan: An Exploration of the Issue of Diversity and Sustainability in Japanese Academia.

9.1. Current situation of female researchers in Japan -- 9.2. Research method -- 9.2.1. Survey -- 9.2.2. Profile of respondents -- 9.3. Analysis -- 9.3.1. Purpose of analysis -- 9.3.2. Reasons for the low ratio of female researchers -- 9.3.3. Reasons for the low ratio of female researchers in leading positions -- 9.3.4. Remedial actions for the low ratio of female researchers -- 9.3.5. Research performance to be evaluated in the recruitment process -- 9.4. Conclusion -- 9.5. References -- 10. Sustainable Agricultural Development and Rural Poverty in India -- 10.1. Introduction -- 10.2. Objective and methodology of the research -- 10.3. Review of literature on agricultural development, credit flows, and rural poverty -- 10.4. Pattern of agricultural development in India -- 10.5. Classification of Indian States in context with CIAD and rural poverty -- 10.6. The model: relationship between agricultural development and rural poverty in India -- 10.7. Suggestions -- 10.8. References -- 11. European and Chinese Consumers' Attitude for Food with Reduced Use of Chemicals: Results from a Survey -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Background -- 11.3. Data and methodology -- 11.3.1. The sample -- 11.4. Results -- 11.4.1. Descriptive analysis on consumers' behavior on food choice -- 11.4.2. Regression analysis -- 11.4.3. Descriptive analysis on different patterns of behavior on food choice between European and Chinese respondents -- 11.5. Discussion and conclusion -- 11.6. References -- Conclusion -- List of Authors -- Index -- Other titles from iSTE in Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Management -- EULA.

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