closely related to network governance and social network theory, than to political administrative hierarchy. However, so far …

underexplored question. There is no single theory that predicts what types of decision-making structures will be optimal in … second essay considers the implication of interdependence between the collaborating firms and the internal complexity of the … interdependence and significant internal complexity of the partners can reduce the need to centralize decision making in alliances and …

This paper proposes a simple theory of international trade with endogenous productivity differences across countries … large countries, with a continuum of goods and one factor of production, labor. Each good is characterized by its complexity …

subjecting the revenue-complexity, revenue-elasticity and flypaper hypotheses to pooled time-series, cross-sectional analysis of … provided for the revenue-complexity hypothesis, strong evidence exists for the flypaper effect, and virtually no empirical …

This conceptual paper investigates how the metaphorical use of concepts from complexity theory may impact the way we …, borrowed from complexity theory are presented. Fractal thinking allows self-similarity through the constants of initial … think about human resource management theory and practice. The concepts of fractal, strange attractor and quantum self …

There is increasing agreement that understanding complexity is important for project management because of difficulties … associated with decision-making and goal attainment which appear to stem from complexity. However the current operational … complexity can be measured in a robust manner that takes account of structural, dynamic and interaction elements. Thematic …

recent years has introduced new challenges. One challenge concerns dealing with the ever-growing complexity of business … process models. Mechanisms for dealing with this complexity can be classified into two categories: i) those that are solely …