Resource utilization for sustainability enhancement in Japanese industries
Resource utilization for sustainability enhancement in Japanese industries
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DOI：
10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.07.031
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发表时间：
2018-10
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影响因子：
11.2
通讯作者：
T. Sueyoshi;M. Goto
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作者：
T. Sueyoshi;M. Goto
近年来，许多研究将基于数据包络分析的环境评价应用于衡量各种组织的绩效。该办法的一个重要特点是，它评估它们的经济活动，这些经济活动利用投入产生合乎需要的(如电力)和不合意的(如二氧化碳排放)产出。为了证明实用性，这项研究讨论了日本产业的企业可持续性。在应用中，我们需要克服与初始阶段的方法相关的三个方法论困难：如何处理零值和/或负值，如何在同步框架内统一输入、合意和不合意的输出，以及如何识别可能发生的限产和识别绿色技术创新。本研究获得了这三个实证结论。首先，日本公司对其经营业绩的战略权重高于对环境业绩的重视。第二，制造业企业的运营表现优于服务业、能源公用事业和信息技术行业等非制造业企业。最后，在当前的商业环境下，大多数行业都可能出现限产。然而，他们可以通过投资于生产或服务资产和绿色技术来克服困难。实证结果与日本当前的产业政策或所谓的“安倍经济学”是一致的，该政策的核心是提高非制造业的绩效。我们还讨论了绿色技术创新的巨大潜力，日本政府在当前的政策议程中没有考虑到这一点。
Recently, many studies have applied environmental assessment based upon data envelopment analysis to measure the performance of various organizations. An important feature of the approach is that it evaluates their economic activities which use inputs to produce desirable (e.g., electricity) and undesirable (e.g., CO2emission) outputs. To document the practicality, this study discusses the corporate sustainability of Japanese industries. In the application, we need to overcome the three methodological difficulties related to the approach at the initial stage: how to handle zero and/or negative values, how to unify inputs, desirable, and undesirable outputs within a synchronized framework, and how to identify a possible occurrence of a production limit and to identify that of green technology innovation. This study obtains the three empirical findings. First, Japanese firms put more strategic weights on their operational achievements than environmental ones. Second, manufacturing firms outperform non-manufacturing ones, including services, energy utilities and information technology industries, in their operations. Finally, the production limit may occur in most industries under current business surroundings. However, they may overcome the difficulty by investing for production or service assets and green technology. The empirical results are consistent with the current Japanese industrial policy, or so-called “Abenomics,” which centers upon the performance improvement in non-manufacturing industries. We also discuss a significant potential of green technology innovation that the Japanese government does not consider in the current policy agendas.