Mechanism Design for Sustainability

This book provides advanced analytics and decision management techniques and tools for creating sustainable competitive advantages. Covers multi-criteria decision making; Six Sigma methodology; supply chain evolution for sustainability-focused firms and more.

Presents state-of-the-art research in mechanism design theory and concept, methods and tools and application development Offers balanced materials and well-integrated social, environment, market and technology innovations for better decision making in line with the world wide priorities for sustainable economic development Emphasizes the emerging contribution of mechanism design for better decision-making needed to deal with urgent issues in sustainable economic development

Inhalt
I Introduction.- 1. Introduction to Sustainability Mechanisms.- II Mechanism Design Techniques for Sustainability.- 2. Multi-Criteria Decision Making: A Mechanism Design Technique for Sustainability.- 3. Mechanism Design for Allocation of Carbon Emission Reduction Units: A Study of Global Companies with Strategic Divisions and Partners.- 4. Six Sigma Methodology for Sustainability: A Study on the Environment Sustainable Development.- 5. Soft TQM for Sustainability: An Empirical Study on Indian Cement industry and its Impact on Organizational Performance.- III Sustainability Mechanism and Analysis.- 6. An Energy Optimization Framework for Sustainability Analysis: Inclusion of Behavioral Parameters as a Virtual Technology in Energy Optimization Models.- 7. Supply Chain Evolution for Sustainability Focused Firms: Content Analysis towards Socially and Environmentally Friendliness.- 8. Community Participation Mechanism: A Study of Youth Voices in Conservations' Green Leaf Marketplace.- 9. The ECOLOGICAL Stock: A Financial Market Instrument for Global Scale Climate Change Mitigation .- IV Sustainability Cases.- 10. Sustainable Lake: A Case Study of Trasimeno Lake.- 11. Sustainable Farm: A Case Study of a Small Farm from Pali, India.- 12. Sustainable City: A Case Study of Stormwater Management in Economically Developed Urban Catchments.- 13. Sustainable Software: A Study of Software Product Sustainable Development.- 14. Sustainability Policy: A Case Study of the Limits to Biofuel Sustainability Policy.