Sökning: "Sustainability Performance"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 295 avhandlingar innehållade orden Sustainability Performance.

  1. 1. Performance-based costing as decision support for development of discrete part production : Linking performance, production costs and sustainability

    Författare :Christina Windmark; Industriell Produktion; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Production cost; PERFORMANCE; decision support; manufacturing; production development; performance-based costing; sustainability; organizational learning; Production cost; Performance; Decision support; Manufacturing; Production development; performance-based costing; Sustainability; Organizational learning;

    Sammanfattning : In today’s global market, the industry is struggling every day to make the “correct decisions”. Decisions concerning production can range from smaller improvements to choice tool or equipment investments to relocation of entire production facilities. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Building Sustainability : Studies on incentives in construction and management of real estate

    Författare :Lovisa Högberg; Hans Lind; Tina Karrbom Gustavsson; Marja Elsinga; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainability; sustainable buildings; sustainable renovation; sustainable construction; sustainable management; housing; sustainable building certification; energy efficiency; incentives; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis summarizes the results from several studies with connection to sustainability in construction and management of real estate. Here, the concept sustainability includes environmental, social and economic dimensions and focus is on the actors with the best possibilities to impact real estate, namely the real estate owners and the developers. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Nexus between corporate sustainability and financial performance

    Författare :ABM Fazle Rahi; Jeaneth Johansson; Marita Blomkvist; Stefan Sundgren; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sustainability; performance; profitability; corporate responsibility; ESG; multi-theoretical approach; macroeconomic factors; microeconomic factors; women on boards; board composition; sustainable development;

    Sammanfattning : To save the planet from previous devastating corporate actions, corporations have enormous responsibilities toward the environment, economy and society. Implementing corporate sustainability practices through establishing effective governance mechanisms can be considered a transformative initiative with potential implications for social and green innovation. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Sustainability-, Buildability- and Performance-driven Structural Design

    Författare :Alexandre Mathern; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; sustainability; structural engineering; civil engineering; design method; finite element analysis; concrete structures; material developments; buildability; performance; structural developments; requirements; construction technology; integrated design; bridges; constructability;

    Sammanfattning : The construction, maintenance and operation of infrastructure networks represent substantial impacts, both positive and negative, in all three dimensions of sustainability: economic, social and environmental. The greatest possibility to reduce the negative impacts and increase the positive ones is at the early design stage of construction projects. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Sustainability and company performance : Evidence from the manufacturing industry

    Författare :Lujie Chen; Ou Tang; Andreas Feldmann; Kannan Govindan; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Empirical research; sustainable practices; company performance;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation approaches the question of sustainability and its influence on company performance, with special focus on the manufacturing industry. In the contemporary production environment, manufacturing operations must take into account not only profit, but also environmental and social performance, in order to ensure the long-term development of the company. LÄS MER