Title: A mathematical model for measuring and managing macrosustainabilty

Authors: John Wang; Ray Qing Cao; Vicky Ching Gu

Addresses: School of Business, Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, USA ' University of Houston-Downtown, 320 North Main Street, Suite 417, Houston, Texas 77002, USA ' University of Houston-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd, Houston, TX 77058, USA

Abstract: In order for the human race to continue to thrive in the long term, we have to learn how to manage our natural resources wisely. In order to manage something you must first be able to measure it. Macrosustainabilty is the key to finding solutions to megaproblems facing the Earth such as insufficient access to food, environmental degradation, declining natural resources, and deteriorating communities. This paper measures and manages global macrosustainabilty. An optimisation model has been set based on the five categories.

Keywords: macrosustainabilty; megaproblems; economic sustainability; health sustainability; social sustainability; environmental sustainability; business ecosystem.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2019.096375

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2019 Vol.13 No.1, pp.100 - 119

Received: 07 Sep 2017
Accepted: 09 Oct 2017

Published online: 27 Nov 2018 *

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