This article revisits the methodological foundations of Elinor Ostrom's institutionalism by examining the role of 'complexity' in her work and the conceptual influence of Herbert A. Simon. While Simon was not Ostrom's most frequently cited reference, his thought - particularly as articulated in...

Using a perspective external to the Swedish Armed Forces this study examine the Swedish management of capability and technology development focusing on defence equipment. The study analyses a value chain that identifies activities from strategy definition to delivered capability in the case of...

Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Survey for current methodologies -- Chapter 3: Proposal of new methodology to overcome current methodological shortcomings -- Chapter 4: Risk quantification/visualization methodology -- Chapter 5: Discussion -- Chapter 6: Conclusion.

1. Fuben-eki: A Japanese for "benefits of inconvenience" and a value axis orthogonal to efficiency and functionality -- 2. Ideation support for designing systems with benefits of inconvenience -- 3. Fuben-eki in service design -- 4. The third value in Value engineering: value in benefits of...