We consider the evaluation of a business process quality, focusing on the robustness facet that is a very important …

the basis of two criteria. The first is the traditional cost-effectiveness criterion. The second, that we call robustness …, is designed to capture some of the characteristic features of decision-making in uncertain environments. Robustness is … robustness. The simulation results clearly show an inverse relationship between cost-effectiveness and instability. Therefore …

Vulnerability–resilience indexes fail to grasp all dimensions of sustainability, whereas sustainable development has … gained momentum. We fill this gap with a hierarchical multimetric composite index (Net Vulnerability Resilience Index: NVRI …) whose robustness relies on a mathematical algorithm based on graph theory. A worldwide application shows that (i) both …

Small islands developing states constitute a fruitful topic to work on concerning the question of vulnerability and … been implemented to measure the vulnerability of SIDS. The results reveal the importance of the phenomenon but are …, there are as many methodologies as empirical studies, a fact that can seriously be prejudicial not only to the robustness of …

This article develops indicators of vulnerability in employment in seven economic capitals of West Africa and studies … their links with individual incomes. Quantitative, distributional and qualitative analyses show that vulnerability … the circumstance of visible underemployment. Employment vulnerability is not compensated for the poorest workers in the …

marketplace vulnerability are minimized and resilience is enhanced. Intercultural competency is the ability to understand, adapt …

Several assessments of vulnerability and resilience have been attempted at a country level through composite indices … network of variables that depict vulnerability and resilience from a sustainable development perspective. Vulnerability is … identify two control dimensions of vulnerability–resilience (economic and political) and three contingency factors (the social …