Benchmarking the Metabolism of European Union Countries to Promote the Continuous Improvement of Service Ecosystems
| Autor: | Isabel M. Horta, Ana S. Camanho, Mafalda Silva, Flávia Barbosa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Service (business)
Natural resource economics media_common.quotation_subject 0211 other engineering and technologies 021107 urban & regional planning 02 engineering and technology Benchmarking 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Promotion (rank) Greenhouse gas Data envelopment analysis media_common.cataloged_instance Sustainable Services Business European union 0105 earth and related environmental sciences media_common Urban metabolism |
| Zdroj: | Exploring Service Science ISBN: 9783030387235 IESS |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-030-38724-2_23 |
| Popis: | In recent decades, the concept of urban metabolism has been widely applied at different scales. This paper proposes an optimization model, based on Data Envelopment Analysis, for the evaluation and benchmarking of countries’ metabolism. The EU-28 countries are analyzed based on economic and environmental indicators, including the resources consumed (energy and materials) and environmental pressures (GHG emissions and waste) associated with the value-added from the economic activities. The empirical results produced a ranking of countries’ based on their metabolic performance underlying the creation of wealth, along with the targets for the countries with lower metabolic performance. This new metabolic approach is a contribution to the design of policies for the promotion of sustainable and resilient services. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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