285 research outputs found
Evaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input-output analysis
No full textEvaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input-output analysis’ by Andrius Plepys and Jagdeep Singh presents key challenges associated with a systematic sustainability evaluation of access-based consumption models. Starting with a causal loop diagram representing various reported and potential impacts of a generic sharing system, the authors provide a comprehensive picture of main direct and indirect social, economic and environmental implications of the sharing economy. They also discuss the limitations in sustainability evaluations of the sharing economy, including non-transparency about methods as well as unclear system boundaries and assumptions made. An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different modelling approaches employed for analysing the effects of sharing economy is provided. Car sharing is used as an example for demonstrating an input-output-based sustainability assessment. Implications for modelling impacts from changes in consumption patterns and from changes in production sectors are discussed. Future research directions include suggestions for improving the existing national accounting frameworks to accommodate the specifics of the emerging sharing economy, better measurements of labour inputs and annual income in the sharing economy and improving resolution and geographical and sectoral coverage of the multiregional input–output tables
Urban Sharing in Shanghai [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textThis city report is the result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted online in Shanghai during spring 2020. The Mobile Research Lab involves a combination of methods, including case studies, interviews, observations, expert panels, and in-situ field work. This report presents insights gained by the Urban Sharing research team Oksana Mont (PI), Andrius Plepys, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Matthias Lehner, Steven Curtis, Lucie Zvolska and Ana Maria Arbelaez Velez
Urban Sharing in Shanghai
No full textThis city report is the result of a Mobile Research Lab conducted online in Shanghai during spring 2020. The Mobile Research Lab involves a combination of methods, including case studies, interviews, observations, expert panels, and in-situ field work. This report presents insights gained by the Urban Sharing research team Oksana Mont (PI), Andrius Plepys, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Matthias Lehner, Steven Curtis, Lucie Zvolska and Ana Maria Arbelaez Velez
Evaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input–output analysis [Elektronisk resurs]
No full textEvaluating the sustainability impacts of the sharing economy using input-output analysis’ by Andrius Plepys and Jagdeep Singh presents key challenges associated with a systematic sustainability evaluation of access-based consumption models. Starting with a causal loop diagram representing various reported and potential impacts of a generic sharing system, the authors provide a comprehensive picture of main direct and indirect social, economic and environmental implications of the sharing economy. They also discuss the limitations in sustainability evaluations of the sharing economy, including non-transparency about methods as well as unclear system boundaries and assumptions made. An overview of the strengths and weaknesses of different modelling approaches employed for analysing the effects of sharing economy is provided. Car sharing is used as an example for demonstrating an input-output-based sustainability assessment. Implications for modelling impacts from changes in consumption patterns and from changesin production sectors are discussed. Future research directions include suggestions for improving the existing national accounting frameworks to accommodate the specifics of the emerging sharing economy, better measurements of labour inputs and annual income in the sharing economy and improving resolution and geographical and sectoral coverage of the multiregional input–output tables
The author and the text: linguistic analysis of andrius tapinas' commentaries.
No full textThe author and the text: linguistic analysis of Andrius Tapinas' commentaries This bachelor thesis analyses the commentaries of Andrius Tapinas and the aim is to identify authors position. The problem of authors position explorations is that it is frequent to decide about authors position from interpersonal metafunction. As there are three metafunctions, which function together – ideational, interpersonal and textual – it is possible to decide about authors position from ideational and textual metafunctions as well. Analysis has shown that genre, themes and informtion structure, which belong to ideational metafunction, reveal authors didactic and civic position, use of irony shows authors will to criticize and change current situation and inform the readers. Analysis of intertextuality has shown, that author is creative and witty, elements of other texts help author to express his opinion and inform addressees. Interpersonal function revealed, that author uses first and second person forms, which help to affiliate with addressees
The ICT role in resource conservation and rebound effects
No full textInformation and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector takes a leading role in the new Economy experiencing an unprecedented growth rate. The author discusses environmental impacts focusing on resource consumption. In spite of increasing miniaturisation and resource efficiency of electronic products their consumption is growing threatening to give rise to rebound effects in material and energy consumption. The author addresses the problem and complexity of both direct and system-level effects from the ICT sector and discusses the role of government in coping with the potential environmental impacts.http://enviroinfo.eu/sites/default/files/pdfs/vol104/0859.pd
The ICT role in resource conservation and rebound effects
No full textAbstract Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) sector takes a leading role in the new Economy experiencing an unprecedented growth rate. The author discusses environmental impacts focusing on resource consumption. In spite of increasing miniaturisation and resource efficiency of electronic products their consumption is growing threatening to give rise to rebound effects in material and energy consumption. The author addresses the problem and complexity of both direct and system-level effects from the ICT sector and discusses the role of government in coping with the potential environmental impacts
Translation of cultural references in the novel “hour of the wolf” by author-translator andrius tapinas.
No full textThe phenomenon of self-translation is not yet commonly seen in the translation discipline. This thesis examines Andrius Tapinas's fictional novel Vilko Valanda, which the author himself describes as "Vilnius but different". The novel is set in our real world, but it also contains fantasy (steampunk) elements that were not included in the analysis, as this study focused on real culture-specific items, with the exception of proper nouns. This study analyses how author-translator Andrius Tapinas translated his work Hour of the Wolf into English, what translation strategies he used to translate culture-specific items, and whether he took a more detached translator's stance, or took advantage of his own stance as an author to make changes in the translation that translators would avoid. The study used Jurgita Mikutytė's (2005) and Shih Chung-ling's (2010) classifications of culture-specific items and Eirlys Davies' (2003) classification of translation strategies in order to answer the questions posed. A total of 319 culture-specific items were found in the original novel and 312 in the translation, as in some cases it was chosen to omit culture-specific items in the translation. The author-translator concept, the classification of culture-specific items and translation strategies are discussed in this paper. The data found is presented both quantitatively and qualitatively, giving a percentage breakdown of all the culture-specific item groups and the percentage frequency of translation strategies used. Translation within each subgroup of cultural realities is then discussed with examples. Finally, conclusions are presented, answering the questions raised and summarizing the whole study. The results of the study showed that the largest group of cultural realities was proper nouns, and the second largest group was slang and idioms. It was also found that the author-translator most frequently used localization translation strategy, with transformation in second place. A more detailed analysis showed that author-translator Andrius Tapinas followed the translator's stance and did not make any significant changes in the translation and tried to bring new readers closer to the novel by using the translation strategies of localization, transformation and addition. This study may be of interest to translators and writers who are interested in the author-translator phenomenon in the Lithuanian translation community. And a limitation of this study is that for some of the culture-specific item groups examples were not found in the novel, so it may have been better to concentrate on fewer groups and to analyse them in more depth instead
Software renting - Better business, better environment: The case of application service providing (ASP)
No full textThe author analyses the business model of Application Service Provider (ASP) as a less material intensive alternative to traditional computing - a promising example of ICT sector dematerialisation. The article compares the ASP vs. traditional computing models from environmental and business perspectives. The ASP service model has a potential to provide both economic and environmental benefits. By using the results from the available life cycle studies on personal computers the author conducts a rough analysis of the environmental gains from using the ASP model. The key environmental benefits derive from using a "lighter" hardware such as thin clients and the possibilities to extend its lifetime. The conclusions show that there are several groups of barriers: technical, cultural, knowledge, economic and legal barriers that can be addressed by different actors. Companies can overcome some of those barriers, but the issues of property and privacy right protection; anti-trust legislation, standardisation and infrastructure development have to be addressed by government. ASP stakeholders can find it interesting to identify and exploit the potential environmental benefits of ICT outsourcing
Olelusringi hindamine kui s\ufcsteemi optimeerimise otsuse toetusvahend – Eesti j\ue4\ue4tmek\ue4itluse n\ue4itel. Life Cycle Assessment as a Decision Support Tool for System Optimisation – the Case of Waste Management in Estonia
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