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Sustainable 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 real-life examples are discussed to demonstrate how the modelling techniques can be applied.

Introduction to Modeling Sustainable Development in Business Processes: Theory and Case Studies

CHAPTER 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: NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR