INTRODUCTION TO MODELING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN BUSINESS PROCESSES

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divSustainable development and corporate social responsibility drive countries regions and businesses to take environmental and social concerns into account when realizing economic objectives. : :A growing awareness of the connectedness between industrial societal and environmental systems might shift the way businesses will be operated. : :This book aims to help students and business practitioners use quantitative modeling in their pursuit to make business processes sustainable. : :Two approaches are introduced: linear optimization and system dynamics. : :Moreover the quantification of the three different sustainability objectives is also addressed. : :Next to introducing the theoretical background many reallife examples are discussed to demonstrate how the modelling techniques can be applied.brCHAPTER 1: GENERAL INTRODUCTION : : /CHAPTER 2: SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION : /CHAPTER 3: MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION : : : : : : : : : : : : /CHAPTER 4: QUANTIFYING THE ECONOMIC IMPACT : : : : : : : /CHAPTER 5: QUANTIFICATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT : : : : : : : : : : : : /CHAPTER 6: QUANTIFYING THE SOCIAL IMPACT /CHAPTER 7: SYSTEMS THINKING AND INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEM DYNAMICS MODELING : : : : : : : : : : : : /CHAPTER 8: CAUSAL LOOP DIAGRAMS : : /CHAPTER 9: STRUCTURE AND FUNDAMENTAL MODES OF BEHAVIOR OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS : : : : : : : /CHAPTER 10: STOCKS AND FLOWS AND THE DYNAMICS OF SIMPLE STRUCTURES : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : /CHAPTER 11: DELAYS : : : : : /CHAPTER 12: NODr. Ir. Dirk Inghels is an Assistant Professor in the Supply Chain Analytics department of the School of Business and Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. : :He obtained his Ph.D. with a thesis entitled Policy Modelling for Sustainable Waste ManagementŁ in 2016. : :He holds an M.Sc. (2006) in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from Eindhoven University an M.Sc. (2000) in Industrial Management from Ghent University and an M.Sc. (1990) in Industrial Sciences from the University of Antwerp.//Dirk Inghels has more than 10 years of experience in the domain of sustainable supply chain management and his research focuses on sustainable supply chain management in the public and private sectors. : :His ongoing research concentrates on integrating operations research techniques in topics related to sustainable supply chain management and on improvements in quality management./In addition to his academic work Dirk Inghels has more than 30 years of industry experience in different domains such as engineering quality and sustainability. : :He is currently the Quality Health Safety and Environmenta

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