Search Results - subject:"complexity theory"

Complexity Thinking and Evolutionary Economic Geography

Martin, Ron; Sunley, Peter - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2007

been directed to an alternative conception based on complexity theory, yet in recent years complexity theory has …

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Self-organisation or selfcreation? : from social physics to realist dynamics

Snooks, Graeme D. (contributor) - 2007

-based modelling, complexity theory, dynamic-strategy theory, power laws, realist dynamics, self-organised criticality, Snooks …). In contrast, complexity theory, which is an outcome of the more recent statistical physics, is concerned with non … commitment to the so-called ‘universality’ of complexity theory. In reality, the scale of extinctions at any point in time is a …

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SNA as an Attractor in Emergent Networks of Research Groups

Hasan, Helen M.; Pousti, H. - 2006

creativity, the hallmarks of cutting-edge research. Using concepts of emergence from complexity theory, this study takes a …

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Coping with complexity and turbulence: An entrepreneurial solution

Mason, Roger B. - 2006

This paper considers the adoption of an entrepreneurial orientation as a paradigm for companies operating in a complex and turbulent environment, viewing the environment as a complex and turbulent system in terms of chaos theory. Approaches suggested by chaos theory are compared with the...

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Robust Estimators are Hard to Compute

Bernholt, Thorsten - 2006

In modern statistics, the robust estimation of parameters of a regression hyperplane is a central problem. Robustness means that the estimation is not or only slightly affected by outliers in the data. In this paper, it is shown that the following robust estimators are hard to compute: LMS, LQS,...

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Corporate strategy in turbulent environments: Key roles of the corporate level

Caldart, Adrian A.; Ricart, Joan E. - IESE Business School, Universidad de Navarra - 2006

This paper analyzes the evolution during the period 1986-2002 of the corporate strategy of Lujan, a highly successful car components manufacturer headquartered in Spain, as a way to explore how the corporate level influences the successful evolution of a company exposed to a "turbulent"...

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Robust Estimators are Hard to Compute

Bernholt, Thorsten - Institut für Wirtschafts- und Sozialstatistik, … - 2006

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Hidden complexity in housing markets: a case for alternative models and techniques

Wyman, David; Worzala, Elaine; Seldin, Maury - In: International Journal of Housing Markets and Analysis 6 (2013) 4, pp. 383-404

Purpose – The purpose of this exploratory paper is to examine the lack of reliability of traditional neo-classical models and to argue that it is due to the hidden complexity and non-linearity that may operate at times in residential housing markets. As a result, market efficiency may be a...

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Using complexity theory to analyse the organisational response to resurgent tuberculosis across London

Trenholm, Susan; Ferlie, Ewan - In: Social Science & Medicine 93 (2013) C, pp. 229-237

We employ complexity theory to analyse the English National Health Service (NHS)'s organisational response to resurgent … tuberculosis across London. Tennison (2002) suggests that complexity theory could fruitfully explore a healthcare system's response … operation of complexity theory based features, especially self-organisation, are significantly impacted by the macro context of …

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Innovation as emergence in healthcare: Unpacking change from within

Essén, Anna; Lindblad, Staffan - In: Social Science & Medicine 93 (2013) C, pp. 203-211

stakeholders were also performed. The dissipative structures model (complexity theory) was used to analyze the data. The studied …

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