Search Results - subject:"Complexity theory"

Creativity in short-term self-directed groups : an analysis using a comlexity-based framework

Poutanen, Petro K.; Stahle, Pirjo - In: International journal of complexity in leadership and … 2 (2014) 4, pp. 259-277

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Interpreting innovation dynamics with complexity theory

Zhao, Yuanyuan - In: International journal of innovation and technology … 11 (2014) 5, pp. 1-18

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Cost management and small restaurant businesses : a complex balance and the role of management

Alonso, Abel Duarte; Krajsic, Vlad - In: International journal of revenue management : IJRM 8 (2014) 1, pp. 1-19

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Voluntary simplification as an alternative to collapse

Floyd, Joshua; A. Slaughter, Richard; Alexander, Samuel - In: foresight 16 (2014) 6, pp. 550-566

Purpose – This paper aims to re-examine Tainter’s dismissal of the voluntary simplification strategy. Joseph Tainter argues that “sustainability” is about problem-solving and that problem-solving increases social complexity. But he also argues that social complexity requires energy and...

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A marketing mix model for a complex and turbulant environment

Mason, Roger B. - 2007

chaos and complexity theory lens.Design/Methodology/Approach: Since chaos and complexity theories are proposed as a good …, using complexity theory tounderstand how to cope in complex, turbulent environments is necessary, but has not been widely … researched. In fact,most chaos and complexity theory work in marketing has concentrated on marketing strategy, with little …

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The external environment’s effect on management and strategy: A complexity theory approach

Mason, Roger B. - 2007

marketsare complex adaptive systems, using complexity theory to increase understanding of how to cope incomplex and turbulent …

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Prefetchingverfahren für verteilte hypermediale Lernanwendungen

Jan Tamm - 2007

Verteilte hypermediale Lernanwendungen sind Echtzeitanwendungen. Im Anwendungsablauf, insbesondere während der Navigation, sind nachladebedingte zeitliche Verzögerungen zu vermeiden. Prefetching stellt eine Möglichkeit der Reduktion zeitlicher Verzögerungen dar. Die vorgelegte Arbeit...

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The emergence of simple business models on the World Wide Web

Featherstone, Michael - 2007

This research project began with the objective of obtaining a deeper understanding of the conduct of business on the Internet. Research regarding the overall performance of business on the Web has been limited due to several constraining factors. Firstly, the shear size, volume, and perceived...

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Self-organisation or Selfcreation? From Social Physics to Realist Dynamics

Snooks, Graeme Donald - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2007

The currently fashionable theory of self-organisation has its origins in statistical physics. Many believe that the underlying physics model, which is based on inanimate systems, can be employed to explain and predict the emergence of social structures, even of history itself. Some are even...

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Gradient methods for minimizing composite objective function

NESTEROV, Yu. - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2007

In this paper we analyze several new methods for solving optimization problems with the objective function formed as a sum of two convex terms: one is smooth and given by a black-box oracle, and another is general but simple and its structure is known. Despite to the bad properties of the sum,...

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