Enterprise self-assessment analytics for sustainability, resilience and robustness

TQM Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 368-381

  Edgeman, Rick ^a   Williams, Joseph A ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SEATTLE PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Big data analytics; Dashboard technology; Innovation for sustainability; Resilience; Resplendence; Robustness; Social ecological innovation; Sustainable enterprise excellence; SWOT plot; Triple bottom line; Triple top line

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ASSESSMENT; DATA ANALYTICS; RESILIENCE; RESPLENDENCE; SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE; SWOT PLOT; TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE; TRIPLE TOP LINE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84903208291     PISSN: 17542731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TQM-01-2014-0012     Document Type: Article

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