Search for dissertations about: "sustainability performance"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 291 swedish dissertations containing the words sustainability performance.
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1. Performance-based costing as decision support for development of discrete part production : Linking performance, production costs and sustainability
Abstract : 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. READ MORE
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2. Building Sustainability : Studies on incentives in construction and management of real estate
Abstract : 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. READ MORE
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3. Nexus between corporate sustainability and financial performance
Abstract : 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. READ MORE
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4. Sustainability-, Buildability- and Performance-driven Structural Design
Abstract : 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. READ MORE
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5. Sustainability and company performance : Evidence from the manufacturing industry
Abstract : 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. READ MORE