Today roadmaps are becoming commonly used tool for detecting and designing a desired future for companies, states and the international community. The growing popularity of this method puts tasks such as identifying basic roadmapping principles, creation of concepts and determination of the...

This chapter covers detailed production planning methods when product demands are known. The two most important production planning approaches are push systems (known as materials requirement planning, MRP) and pull systems (known as just-in-time, JIT). Figure 5.1 presents an overview of the...

Purpose - With increasing exposure to disruptions, it is vital for supply chains to manage the risks proactively. Prediction of potential failure points and overall impact of these risks is challenging. In this paper, systems thinking concepts are applied for modelling supply chain risks. The...

2.1.1 Konstruktivismus -- erkenntnistheoretischer Rahmen2.1.2 Systemtheorie als transdisziplinärer Ansatz; 2.1.3 Theorie sozialer Systeme; 2.1.4 Der/die BeobachterIn beobachtet in der Gesellschaft; 2.2. Die Beobachtung von Sozialsystemen; 2.2.1 Einfache Sozialsysteme (Interaktion); 2.2.2...

This work aims to analyze the organizational change that has taken the Cooperative Society of Fishing Production "The Patole", S.C. of R.L. de C.V. It is assumed that as a result of having implemented systems theory, it has improved its organizational development and thus fulfillment of its...

This theses introduces the idea of a symbiotic relationship between evolutionary-institutional and complexity economics. It consists of two major contributions: The first contribution focuses on how the emerging research program of complexity economics can benefit from evolutionary-institutional...

Dynamic capabilities remain one of the most popular, but also one of the most controversial topics in current knowledge and innovation research. This study exposes strengths and weaknesses of existing conceptualizations of dynamic capabilities by using a systems theoretic lens. Systems theory...