Tomas Balezentis
Biographic Data
| ID | 264028 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tomas Balezentis |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Balezentis |
| SIGNATURE | BALEZENTIS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lithuanian Institute of Agrarian Economics |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3906-1711 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 72 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 72 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Can Digital Technology Adoption Drive a “Win–Win” in Corporate Financial Sustainability and Energy Performance? The Role of Chief Digital Officers
This study investigates whether digital technology adoption can drive both sustainable financial performance and enhanced corporate energy efficiency, which has received limited attention in previous research. Grounded in dynamic capability theory and upper echelons theory, and utilizing a two‐way fixed‐effects regression model, this study analyzes panel data from publicly listed Chinese firms from 2010 to 2022. We assess the “win–win” potential …
Measuring agricultural eco-total factor productivity growth
This study incorporates the value of ecosystem services in calculation of the green total factor productivity growth based on a non-parametric framework. To calculate the agricultural ecosystem services’ monetary value, we have analyzed panel data from 30 Chinese provinces between 2009 and 2023. The Luenberger-Hicks-Moorsteen productivity indicator is based on a directional distance function that is implemented through nonparametric data envelopm…
Innovations in circular and resource-efficient environmental management in higher education institutions
Purpose This study aims to systematically review circular and resource-efficient environmental management innovations in higher education institutions and to develop an integrated framework explaining how such innovations can be institutionally embedded and scaled across campus operations. Higher education institutions (HEIs) are increasingly expected to operationalise circular economy (CE) principles through campus environmental management; howe…
Uneven Progress Towards Sustainability
The European Union has committed to ambitious decarbonisation targets, necessitating a deep understanding of sectoral environmental performance. This study assesses the carbon intensity, environmental inefficiency, and carbon shadow prices of the agriculture, manufacturing, and transport sectors across 22 EU countries from 2008 to 2021. We employ a non‐parametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with a weak disposability assumption to model carbon…
Decomposition of changes in the agricultural land rent for the EU-28
Purpose The prices and rents of land depend on its marginal productivity and a number of other factors (the range of economic and policy-related factors). Significant changes in the European Union (EU) agricultural policy and changes in productivity models in recent years have influenced land market dynamics. To properly understand the dynamics in the land market and relate it to changes in agricultural production and policy, it is important to e…
Employment quality, non-standard work, and health
Measuring the Sustainable Rural Development
Sustainable rural development is important as the rural areas provide important contributions to both agrifood production and urban economies. The multi‐dimensionality of the issue calls for inclusion of multiple measures (indicators) in the relevant analysis. This paper embarks on bibliometric analysis to identify the key trends in the measurement of sustainable rural development. The results suggest that sustainable rural development is related…
Resilience and Sustainability of the Energy Sector Under Global Crises
Global disruptions increasingly shape the resilience and sustainability of national energy systems, a concern made even more urgent by the current Middle East energy crisis, which has intensified supply insecurity and price volatility in global and European energy markets. This study examines how three major shocks—the 2009 global financial crisis, the COVID‐19 pandemic, and the 2022 Russia–Ukraine war and subsequent energy‐price shock ‐affected …
Managed urbanization and agricultural productivity
Towards Sustainability in African Countries
Previous studies have highlighted innovation and clean energy use as critical mechanisms for fostering ecological sustainability but have ignored the possible effect of energy productivity. An empirical study that offers evidence‐based policy recommendations on the joint impact of green innovation, clean energy, and energy productivity, as measured by the load capacity factor (LCF), to bolster Africa's ecological sustainability is rare. To fill t…
Relative Analysis of Strong and Weak Sustainability in OECD and BRIC Countries
In the context of global climate change and increasing resource constraints, the concepts of strong and weak sustainability have become vital frameworks for assessing the effectiveness of national sustainable development policies. However, significant gaps persist in understanding how to evaluate the progress toward implementation of these two sustainability approaches, especially in comparative studies covering diverse economic systems. This pap…
From glass to grass ceiling
How does the digital economy drive CO 2 reduction in China? Evidence from a novel decomposition model and scenario analysis
Research background: Increasing CO2 emissions place considerable strain on environmental performance, whereas the digital economy, as a transformative economic paradigm, has been identified as an essential catalyst for mitigating environmental effects. However, the inherent limitations of conventional decomposition models have led previous decomposition analyses to overlook the driving effect of the digital economy on CO2 emissions. Purpose of th…
Societal challenges to ensure energy security
Energy security is gaining growing recognition as a key pillar of societal development, shaping not only economic growth and social stability but also broader geopolitical and environmental considerations. Initially confined to concerns of resource availability, affordability, and reliability, the concept has expanded to address complex, interrelated challenges, including resilience, sustainability, and equity. This article provides a systematic …
Unlocking Informatization's Potential
Sustainable cities are essential drivers of global social progress, but the effectiveness of smart city (SC) initiatives in fostering inclusive green growth (IGG) remains uncertain. This study assesses the impact of SC initiatives on IGG using data from 281 Chinese prefecture‐level cities from 2007 to 2020. We explore both the theoretical and empirical dimensions, focusing on the mechanisms through which SC pilot policies influence IGG. By treati…
Gender Equality as a Driver of Inclusive Green Transitions
This study examines how gender equality contributes to inclusive and sustainable green transitions across the European Union (EU). Using macro‐panel data for 27 EU countries, it applies three econometric models to assess how changes in gender inequality, measured by the Gender Inequality Index (GII), influence female employment, women's tertiary education as well as the performance of the environmental goods and services sector. The analysis reve…
Circular Economy in Agriculture
The agricultural sector consumes energy in various forms while simultaneously generating agricultural waste and wastewater, and remaining a major contributor to carbon emissions. In line with the 3R principles—Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle—circular economy (CE) in agriculture has emerged as a key pathway toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study investigates the recent developments, applications, and challenges associated…
Comprehensive analysis of energy security indicators and measurement of their integrity
The concept of energy security is recognized as a complex and highly context-dependent phenomenon, necessitating the development of diverse indicators for its measurement. While numerous studies examined composite energy security indicators and frameworks from various angles, including inconsistencies, measurement challenges, and methodological limitations, there exists a gap in the scientific literature concerning the evaluation of these indicat…
Production risk in the crop farming of the Baltic States, Poland, and Germany
Increasing climate volatility has called for further analysis of the risk management measures in agriculture. This paper sheds more light on production risks in the crop farming of northeastern European agriculture. Specifically, the cases of the three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania) are juxtaposed to those of Poland and Germany. Thus, both economically developed and developing economies are considered in the analysis. The study co…
Energy security indicators for sustainable energy development
This paper discusses the interlinkages between energy security indicators and government economic interventions in the electricity sector. The research was carried out using a systematic literature review and comparative analysis and was mainly based on qualitative criteria. Following a literature review and data analysis, the paper identifies 65 energy security indicators (from over 300 possible indicators) that are relevant for the electricity …
Synergy among finance, energy and CO2 emissions in a dynamic setting
Are digital technologies an effective inhibitor of depression among middle-aged and older adults? Micro-level evidence from a panel study
Interplay of multiple factors behind decarbonisation of thermal electricity generation
Biomass use and its implications for bioeconomy development
Answer to the letter - Measuring energy poverty and energy vulnerability
Agricultural sustainability assessment framework integrating sustainable development goals and interlinked priorities of environmental, climate and agriculture policies
The agricultural sustainability issues are widely addressed in scientific literature and various reports by international organizations. However, there is lack of harmonized approach in addressing agricultural sustainability issues as different policies are targeting different sustainability issues in agriculture. This article analyses sustainable agriculture development and agriculture sustainability concepts and sustainability assessment approa…
Association between socioeconomic welfare and depression among older adults
Evaluation of bioeconomy in the context of strong sustainability
The implementation of bioeconomy is important in seeking to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Thus, in recent years, more attention is focused on sustainable bioeconomy. Referring to weak and strong sustainability approaches, many authors stated that bioeconomy is related only to weak sustainability, but this study provides a framework for policy makers that allows the definition and implementation of the bioeconomy based on the strong s…
Heterogeneous strategy and performance decomposition
Green innovations for sustainable development of China
The challenges of Covid-19 control policies for sustainable development of business
How to improve the resilience of power generation from energy intensity perspective? Evidence from the generalized Divisia index approach
Energy storage selection for sustainable energy development
Welfare State in Central and Eastern Europe
This study aims at analyzing the existing welfare state models in Europe and investigating welfare regimes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The hierarchical cluster analysis, employed in this study, revealed that five welfare state models can be distinguished in this region. The analysis also revealed that Central and Eastern European countries are too diverse to form a single cluster, and thus two models of the welfare statethe Ea…
Synergy among finance, energy and CO2 emissions in a dynamic setting
Spreading knowledge and technology
Multidimensional Measurement and Comparison of China's Educational Inequality
Young farmers’ support under the Common Agricultural Policy and sustainability of rural regions
Carbon dioxide emission decomposition along the gradient of economic development
The G7 and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) nations have committed to greenhouse gas emission reduction according to targets set out in the Paris Agreement and Copenhagen Accord. The objective of this paper is to develop an index decomposition framework and apply it for comparison of the drivers behind carbon dioxide emission. The impact of economic and technological development on greenhouse gas emissions is assessed by appl…
Energy security indicators for sustainable energy development
This paper discusses the interlinkages between energy security indicators and government economic interventions in the electricity sector. The research was carried out using a systematic literature review and comparative analysis and was mainly based on qualitative criteria. Following a literature review and data analysis, the paper identifies 65 energy security indicators (from over 300 possible indicators) that are relevant for the electricity …
Are women neglected in the EU agriculture? Evidence from Lithuanian young farmers
A multi‐criteria sustainable supplier selection framework based on neutrosophic fuzzy data and entropy weighting
The gains in corporate sustainability are important for business development under the increasing competition and climate change. The importance of the green and sustainable supplier selection has increased due to the environmental concerns and regulations. The information for business decisions is often vague and imprecise. Therefore, this paper develops a fuzzy methodology for sustainable supplier selection based on fuzzy information. Single‐va…
Gender Equality as a Driver of Inclusive Green Transitions
This study examines how gender equality contributes to inclusive and sustainable green transitions across the European Union (EU). Using macro‐panel data for 27 EU countries, it applies three econometric models to assess how changes in gender inequality, measured by the Gender Inequality Index (GII), influence female employment, women's tertiary education as well as the performance of the environmental goods and services sector. The analysis reve…
Circular Economy in Agriculture
The agricultural sector consumes energy in various forms while simultaneously generating agricultural waste and wastewater, and remaining a major contributor to carbon emissions. In line with the 3R principles—Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle—circular economy (CE) in agriculture has emerged as a key pathway toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This study investigates the recent developments, applications, and challenges associated…
Are digital technologies an effective inhibitor of depression among middle-aged and older adults? Micro-level evidence from a panel study
Are agricultural sustainability and resilience complementary notions? Evidence from the North European agriculture
Reconciling the micro‐ and macro‐perspective in agricultural energy efficiency analysis for sustainable development
Efficient use of energy resources is the key element ensuring the development of the agricultural sector in a sustainable way. The reduction of energy use in Lithuania's agriculture is considered in strategic documents, and the energy efficiency is seen as crucial element of development for ensuring climate neutrality and eventually reaching climate‐smart agriculture. At the same time, the energy use is supported in terms of excise duty relief fo…
The trends in bioeconomy development in the European Union
Dynamics of the total factor productivity in Lithuanian family farms with a statistical inference
The paper combines the bootstrapped Malmquist productivity index and the Multiple Correspondence Analysis to measure the changes in the total factor productivity. The bootstrapped Malmquist productivity index enables us to identify insignificant change in the total factor productivity, whereas the Multiple Correspondence Analysis relates the estimates to the environmental variables. A sample of Lithuanian family farms is utilised to test the prop…
Benefit of the Doubt Model for Financial Risk Analysis of Lithuanian Family Farms
The aim of this research is to propose a methodology for integrated assessment of financial risks of family farms in Lithuania. The methodology is based on the benefit of the doubt model. The research relies on the farm-level data from Farm Accountancy Data Network and covers the period of 2004-2011. Multiple financial indicators are included in the model to encompass such features as returns, capital structure, cost of capital, and cash flows. T…
Dynamic Efficiency under Investment Spikes in Lithuanian Cereal and Dairy Farms
Lithuanian agriculture has been receiving investment support under the Common Agricultural policy since 2004. Indeed, the most profitable farming typescereal and dairy farms -saw a particularly strong increase in the investment amounts. The measure of dynamic efficiency allows one analyze the performance of businesses in regards of inter-temporal optimization of the investment behavior. This paper, therefore, looks into the trends of dynamic effi…
Evaluation of Technological, Economic and Social Indicators for Different Farming Practices in Lithuania
Organic and integrated farming practices contribute to protecting biodiversity, reducing environmental pollution, improving soil quality, and providing high-quality raw material for food industry. The objective of the article is to establish the methodology and evaluate the system of indicators, which enables answering the question which farming practice has more advantages: organic or integrated? Multi-criteria analysis methods were used to achi…
Welfare State in Central and Eastern Europe
This study aims at analyzing the existing welfare state models in Europe and investigating welfare regimes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The hierarchical cluster analysis, employed in this study, revealed that five welfare state models can be distinguished in this region. The analysis also revealed that Central and Eastern European countries are too diverse to form a single cluster, and thus two models of the welfare statethe Ea…
Prioritization of low-carbon suppliers based on Pythagorean fuzzy group decision making with self-confidence level
Business decisions often require economic analysis involving uncertainties. This study brings forward the multi-attribute group decision making (MAGDM) framework based upon Pythagorean fuzzy (PF) sets with self-confidence of decision makers. By incorporating the ideas of the order-inducing variables of the induced ordered weighted averaging (IOWA) operator, we propose two PF confidence aggregation methods, namely PF confidence induced ordered wei…
Brexit and EU Common Agricultural Policy
This paper examines the possible Brexit scenarios and their impacts on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) of the European Union (EU) with particular focus on Lithuania. The paper outlines the scientific discourse on the imminent modifications of the CAP after the Brexit along with changes in the EU budget. The paper was prepared during the beginning of Brexit negotiations, with withdrawal terms not being publicly disclosed. Thus, the most likel…
The impact of investment support on labour productivity in Lithuanian family farms
The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of investment support on labour productivity in Lithuanian family farms. This issue is of particular importance when appraising whether the investment support has had the anticipated effects. Propensity score matching is employed to quantify the average treatment effect on the treated farms. The research is based on panel data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network covering the period of 2007-2012. Th…
Evaluation of bioeconomy in the context of strong sustainability
The implementation of bioeconomy is important in seeking to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Thus, in recent years, more attention is focused on sustainable bioeconomy. Referring to weak and strong sustainability approaches, many authors stated that bioeconomy is related only to weak sustainability, but this study provides a framework for policy makers that allows the definition and implementation of the bioeconomy based on the strong s…
Carbon dioxide emission decomposition along the gradient of economic development
The G7 and Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) nations have committed to greenhouse gas emission reduction according to targets set out in the Paris Agreement and Copenhagen Accord. The objective of this paper is to develop an index decomposition framework and apply it for comparison of the drivers behind carbon dioxide emission. The impact of economic and technological development on greenhouse gas emissions is assessed by appl…
Technical Efficiency of Regional Public Hospitals in China Based on the Three-Stage DEA
Many countries are facing the increasing cost of healthcare services and the low efficiency of public hospitals. These issues are also evident in China. This paper offers a comprehensive assessment of the efficiency of public hospitals operating in China's 31 regions. The impact of the third round of reform of the health system in 2009 is assessed based on the three-stage data envelopment analysis procedure. The time period from 2011 to 2018 is c…
What Happens to the Health of Elderly Parents When Adult Child Migration Splits Households? Evidence from Rural China
There is little understanding about the effects of adult child migration on the health of elderly parents left behind in the light of economic contribution and time allocation (farm work and emotional cohesion). Using the pooled data from three latest issues of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in the rural areas, this study assesses the impact of child migration on parents' health by employing instrumental variable approach…
Pythagorean fuzzy combinative distance-based assessment with pure linguistic information and its application to financial strategies of multi-national companies
This article addresses the issue of selecting Financial Strategies in Multi-National companies (F.S.M.). The F.S.M. typically has to consider multiple factors involving multiple stakeholders and, hence, can be handled by applying an appropriate Multi-Criteria Group Decision-Making (M.C.G.D.M.) approach. To address this issue, we develop an M.C.G.D.M. framework to tackle the F.S.M. problem. To handle inherent uncertainty in business decisions as r…
(Non-)Convex production metafrontier for the Baltic states
The productive technology can be defined for different levels of aggregation (e.g., enterprises, economic sectors, economies). The groups of relatively homogenous observations can be established in order to model their performance with respect to the corresponding frontiers. The grand technology comprising all the frontiers is termed as the metafrontier. In this paper, we look into the dynamics of productivity of the three Baltic States, namely, …
A multi‐criteria sustainable supplier selection framework based on neutrosophic fuzzy data and entropy weighting
The gains in corporate sustainability are important for business development under the increasing competition and climate change. The importance of the green and sustainable supplier selection has increased due to the environmental concerns and regulations. The information for business decisions is often vague and imprecise. Therefore, this paper develops a fuzzy methodology for sustainable supplier selection based on fuzzy information. Single‐va…
Agricultural sustainability assessment framework integrating sustainable development goals and interlinked priorities of environmental, climate and agriculture policies
The agricultural sustainability issues are widely addressed in scientific literature and various reports by international organizations. However, there is lack of harmonized approach in addressing agricultural sustainability issues as different policies are targeting different sustainability issues in agriculture. This article analyses sustainable agriculture development and agriculture sustainability concepts and sustainability assessment approa…
Young farmers’ support under the Common Agricultural Policy and sustainability of rural regions
The trends in bioeconomy development in the European Union
Energy poverty indicators
Multi-criteria analysis of heating sector sustainability in selected North European countries
How ICT and R&D affect productivity? Firm level evidence for China
Based on an extended three-step CDM model, this paper addresses the impacts of research and development (R&D) and information and communication technology (ICT) on firm productivity for the World Bank innovation survey data of China. The study includes ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs into innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT investments positively affect product innovation and process innovation, with R&D being more…
Reconciling the micro‐ and macro‐perspective in agricultural energy efficiency analysis for sustainable development
Efficient use of energy resources is the key element ensuring the development of the agricultural sector in a sustainable way. The reduction of energy use in Lithuania's agriculture is considered in strategic documents, and the energy efficiency is seen as crucial element of development for ensuring climate neutrality and eventually reaching climate‐smart agriculture. At the same time, the energy use is supported in terms of excise duty relief fo…
Are women neglected in the EU agriculture? Evidence from Lithuanian young farmers
Energy storage selection for sustainable energy development
Green innovations for sustainable development of China
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