China and Europe's partnership for a more sustainable world : challenges and opportunities / edited by Francesca Spigarelli, Louise Curran, Alessia Arteconi.

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Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Bingley, United Kingdom : Emerald, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:

9781786353320
9781786353313

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LOC classification:

GE170 .C544 2016

Contents:

PART I Europe and China Integration through Trade and Foreign Direct Investments — Policies That Promote Environmental Industry in China — The Environmental Goods Trade between China and the EU: Development and Influencing Factors — International Integration and Uneven Development: An Enquiry into the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Firms in China — The Liability of Foreignness of EU Environmental Protection Companies in China: Manifestations and Mitigating Strategies — The Renewable Energy Industry in Europe: Business and Internationalization Models. A Focus on the Chinese Market — China's FDI in the EU's Environmental Protection Industries — Chinese OFDI to Germany in the Environmental Industries: A Multiple Case Study — PART II Environment and Regulation

Summary: This book gathers the main scientific outputs related to Partnering Opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable Energies and Environmental Industries (POREEN), a four-year project on uniting opportunities between Europe and China in the renewable energy and environmental industries, financed by the European Commission. The first part of the book outlines the characteristics of Chinese and European cooperation, from a policy, macro and microeconomic point of view. It examines the key elements of green policy developed so far, bilateral trade flows, as well as bilateral investment flows. The second part presents an overview and recommendations on what legal framework is necessary to boost integration between Europe and China. In addition, corporate social responsibility and firm related aspects are considered. The third part of the book focuses on engineering-related research activity. It highlights the state of the art of Europe-China cooperation in key areas such as low carbon buildings, mobility and transportation that may have a huge potential impact on bilateral cooperation between Europe and China in the years ahead. The book investigates the main challenges and opportunities related to Sino-European cooperation in the green sector with a emphasis on sustainable growth, and will make essential reading for scholars and practitioners with a focus or interest in renewable energy and global partnerships.-- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I Europe and China Integration through Trade and Foreign Direct Investments —
Policies That Promote Environmental Industry in China —
The Environmental Goods Trade between China and the EU: Development and Influencing Factors —
International Integration and Uneven Development: An Enquiry into the Spatial Distribution of Foreign Firms in China —
The Liability of Foreignness of EU Environmental Protection Companies in China: Manifestations and Mitigating Strategies —
The Renewable Energy Industry in Europe: Business and Internationalization Models. A Focus on the Chinese Market —
China's FDI in the EU's Environmental Protection Industries —
Chinese OFDI to Germany in the Environmental Industries: A Multiple Case Study —
PART II Environment and Regulation

This book gathers the main scientific outputs related to Partnering Opportunities between Europe and China in the Renewable Energies and Environmental Industries (POREEN), a four-year project on uniting opportunities between Europe and China in the renewable energy and environmental industries, financed by the European Commission. The first part of the book outlines the characteristics of Chinese and European cooperation, from a policy, macro and microeconomic point of view. It examines the key elements of green policy developed so far, bilateral trade flows, as well as bilateral investment flows. The second part presents an overview and recommendations on what legal framework is necessary to boost integration between Europe and China. In addition, corporate social responsibility and firm related aspects are considered. The third part of the book focuses on engineering-related research activity. It highlights the state of the art of Europe-China cooperation in key areas such as low carbon buildings, mobility and transportation that may have a huge potential impact on bilateral cooperation between Europe and China in the years ahead. The book investigates the main challenges and opportunities related to Sino-European cooperation in the green sector with a emphasis on sustainable growth, and will make essential reading for scholars and practitioners with a focus or interest in renewable energy and global partnerships.-- Provided by publisher.