Optimization Methods for a Stakeholder Society [electronic resource] : A Revolution in Economic Thinking by Multi-objective Optimization / by Willem K. Brauers
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Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 2004
For both public and private managers, the book Optimization Methods for a Stakeholder Society is today's key to answer the problem of a sustainable development world. This world has to take into account the meaning of all stakeholders involved and has to reconcile a number of objectives, such as economic growth, employment and preservation of the ecosystem. Traditional methods, such as cost-benefit, are outmoded as they translate all these objectives into monetary costs, a materialistic approach. On the contrary, objectives have rather to stick to their own units, eventually indicators
