Background: Despite the current undersupply of cochlear implants (CIs) with simultaneously increasing indication, CI implantation numbers in Germany still are at a relatively low level. Methods: As there are hardly any solid forecasts available in the literature, we develop a System Dynamics...

Water scarcity is a highly complex, multifaceted and dynamic issue, which have become a severe challenge worldwide. While determinants of water scarcity and their direct associations have been heavily discussed in numerous studies, a small number of research have analyzed water scarcity using a...

The purpose of this study is to identify elements that influence the sale of generic pharmaceutical products during their life cycle in order to achieve more comprehensive planning and to prevent a decline stage of the product life cycle (PLC). We used a system dynamic model to identify the...

This paper aims to simulate vital corrective actions affecting the system availability through a System Dynamics (SD) approach based on the results obtained by analyzing the causal relationships among Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) elements. A Stock and Flow Diagram (SFD) has been...

Investigating links between water, energy, and carbon emissions require more attention on the path towards economic prosperity. This study aims to develop a framework for modeling water-energy-carbon interdependencies by considering the nonlinear relationships in their dynamic feedback...

Purpose: The dynamic interdependence between the deployment of technological assets and organisational performance remains a challenge for modern enterprises. Organisations reinforce competitiveness and improve performance when business activities and information technology (IT) efforts are...

COVID-19 pandemic is a great challenge that the world has been faced in recent decades. The pandemic has affected the global trade and has caused a dramatic fall in Foreign Direct Investments (FDI). The impact on FDI is concentrated in the countries that are severely hit by the pandemic,...