Resilient by Design Creating Businesses That Adapt and Flourish in a Changing World

This book explains how to connect the health and viability of important external systems—stakeholders, communities, infrastructure, supply chains, and natural resources—to create innovative, dynamic organizations that will find a way to survive and prosper. As managers grapple with the challenges of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fiksel, Joseph
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC Island Press/Center for Resource Economics 2015, 2015
Edition:1st ed. 2015
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Entergy and Swiss Re
  • 3. Systems Thinking
  • -Resilience In Action: Applications of Systems Thinking
  • 4. The Resilient Enterprise
  • PART II. Practicing Enterprise Resilience
  • 5. Generating Business Value
  • 6. Resilience in Supply Chain Management
  • -Resilience In Action: Assuring Continuity at L Brands
  • 7. Resilience in Environmental Management
  • -Resilience In Action: Dow Chemical
  • 8. Organizational Resilience
  • -Resilience In Action: Emergency Response at American Electric Power
  • 9. Tools for Managing Resilience
  • -Resilience In Action: Crisis Management at IBM
  • PART III. Designing Resilient Systems
  • 10. Design for Resilience
  • 11. Connecting With Broader Systems
  • -Resilience In Action: IBM And Smarter Cities
  • 12. Looking Ahead: From Resilience To Sustainability