Introduction to the Handbook of Systems Sciences -- Historical Foundations -- Systems Modeling and Methodologies -- Complex Systems Modeling -- Management and Organizations -- Social Systems -- Design of Systems -- Ecological Systems -- Engineered Systems -- Systems Research and Education.

Agent-based modeling/simulation is an emerging field that uses bottom-up and experimental analysis in the social sciences. Selected research from that presented at the Third International Workshop on Agent-Based Approaches in Economic and Social Complex Systems 2004, held in May 2004 in Kyoto,...

Many companies have encountered vagueness, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in formulating strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, they urgently require a decision-making mechanism to determine the resources/capabilities to achieve a competitive advantage in external...

Purpose This paper aims to create a mapping of competitive advantage of nations (CAN) from research using some previous studies and recommend future research. Design/methodology/approach This paper applies a systematic literature review on the most recent studies of CAN. The research gap is...

Purpose: This research aims to examine the smelter industry’s investment competitiveness in Indonesia as well as to find solutions to improve its competitive advantage for the nation. Design/methodology/approach: This research applies a sequential mixed-methods approach with a second...

Objective – This paper discusses a literature review regarding finding system dynamics modeling as the preferred approach to building the national energy system model in Indonesia and introduces the uniqueness of the initial system dynamics model of the Indonesia energy mix today....

Part 1: General Systems Theory -- Chapter 1: Mesarovic-Takahara Time Systems under the Effect of Feedback Mechanism -- Chapter 2: Generalization of Law of Requisite Variety -- Chapter 3: Isomorphy of Subsystem and Component Subsystem of Input-Output System -- Chapter 4: Meta-Analysis of...

Part 1: Social/Organizational Theory and Application -- Chapter 1: Complex Systems and Postmodernism: A New Perspective for Society in the 21st Century -- Chapter 2: A Retrospective on the University-Industry Innovation Nexus in Japan: Empirical Assessment of Coauthorship in the Light of New...