ICT Investment for Energy Use in the Industrial Sectors

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Khayyat, Nabaz T. (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Σειρά: Lecture Notes in Energy, 59
• Θέματα: Energy.; Management information systems.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Energy Efficiency.; Physics of Energy Technology.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Business IT Infrastructure.

This book investigates the impact of production input factors on the market, consumer and producer energy demand characteristics in 30 industrial sectors for South Korea over the period 1980–2009, and for Japan over the period 1973-2006, with special emphasis placed on the effects of ICT investment...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1 OVERVIEW
• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 Why this Study
• 1.3 Objectives
• 1.4 Significance of the Study
• 1.5 Research Design
• 1.6 Research Questions and Empirical Motivations
• 1.7 Assumptions and Limitations
• 1.8 Operational Definitions
• 1.9 Expected Results
• 1.10 The Structure of the Book
• 1.11 Summary
• Bibliography
• 2 ICT INVESTMENT AND ENERGY USE IN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
• 2.1 Introduction
• 2.2 ICT Investment
• 2.3 Energy Use
• 2.4 Energy Efficiency
• 2.5 Summary
• Bibliography
• 3 ICT INVESTMENT AND ENERGY USE IN THE LITERATURE
• 3.1 Efficiency in the Use of Energy
• 3.2 ICT Investment and Economics Growth
• 3.3 ICT Investment and Energy Use
• 3.4 Summary
• Bibliography
• 4 THE FACTOR DEMAND MODELS AND THE THEORY OF PRODUCTIVITY
• 4.1 Historical Development of the Factor Demand Models
• 4.2 Industrial Demand Models for the Input Factors of Production
• 4.3 Inter-factor Substitutability and Complementarity
• 4.4 The Total Factor Productivity
• 4.5 Summary
• Bibliography
• 5 THE EU KLEMS DATABASE
• 5.1 Data Source
• 5.2 Population and Sampling Strategy
• 5.3 Classification of the Industrial Sectors
• 5.4 Summary Statistics
• 5.5 Multicollinearity and Validation of Results
• 5.6 The Industrial Sectors’ Energy use Intensity
• Bibliography
• 6 THE IMPACT OF ICT INVESTMENT ON ENERGY USE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND JAPAN
• 6.1 Introduction
• 6.2 Theoretical Model and Empirical Specification
• 6.3 Parameters Estimates
• 6.4 The Adjustment Speed
• 6.5 Deviation from the Optimal Values
• 6.6 The Own and Cross Price Elasticities
• 6.7 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• 7 PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF SOUTH KOREAN INDUSTRIAL SECTORS
• 7.1 Introduction
• 7.2 Development Stages in the Industrial and Technological Polices
• 7.3 Divisia Index
• 7.4 Theoretical Model and Empirical Specification
• 7.5 Determinants of the TFP Growth
• 7.6 Capacity Utilization Index (CUI)
• 7.7 Price and Output Elasticities
• 7.8 Returns to Scale
• 7.9 Technical Change
• 7.10 The TFP Growth
• 7.11 Output Growth
• 7.12 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• 8 OVERALL SUMMARY, HYPOTHESES TESTS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
• 8.1 Introduction
• 8.2 The Research Questions and the Associated Hypotheses
• 8.3 Summary of Results and Policy Implications
• 8.4 Contribution to the Literature
• 8.5 Implications for Industry and Policy Makers
• 8.6 Conclusions, Practical and Policy Recommendations
• 8.7 Limitations of the Study and Recommendations for Further Research
• Bibliography.