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Rosser, John Barkley (contributor) - 2009

Complexity research draws on complexity in various disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive and current overview of applications of complexity theory in economics. The 15 chapters, written by leading figures in the field, cover such broad topic areas as conceptual issues,...

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Cooperative networks : control and optimization

Grundel, Don (ed.); Murphey, Robert (ed.); … - 2008

Cooperative networks have gained a tremendous amount of attention over the last several years because of their existence not only in biological, social and economic arenas, but because of direct applications in many more areas such as communications, robotics and military sciences. This volume...

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Innovation, evolution and complexity theory

Frenken, Koen - 2006

The motivation behind this book is the desire to integrate complexity theory into economic models of technological evolution. By means of developing an evolutionary model of complex technological systems, the book contributes to the neo-Schumpetarian literature on innovation, diffusion and...

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Game theory and international environmental cooperation : essential readings

Caparrós, A. (contributor); Finus, Michael (contributor) - 2015

Key environmental issues, such as biodiversity and climate change, have in recent years become more pressing than ever. Where the critical papers in the early 1990s explained the difficulties of cooperation in tackling transboundary environmental problems, later works have analyzed the various...

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Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics : upping the numbers

Burke, Ronald J. (contributor); Mattis, Mary C. (contributor) - 2007

Advances in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) are key factors in contributing to future economic …

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Modelling in ecological economics

Proops, John (ed.); Safonov, Paul (ed.) - 2004

This book focuses on modelling in ecological economics and offers a comprehensive overview of current and emerging methods of applying mathematical, computational and conceptual methods to environmental issues. Following a detailed introduction, the authors investigate various modelling...

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Mathematics and modern economics

Hodgson, Geoffrey M. - 2012

The appropriate role of mathematics in economics has been controversial for two hundred years, and has been a matter of … the role of mathematics in economics, by leading authors including six Nobel Laureates, and from a variety of perspectives …. (1881), Mathematical Psychics: An Essay on the Application of Mathematics to the Moral Sciences, London: Kegan Paul …

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Risk, complexity and ICT

Hanseth, Ole (contributor); Ciborra, Claudio (contributor) - 2007

This book explores the challenges regarding risks and risk management related to the growing complexity of ICT solutions. The main argument of the book is that the complexity of ICT solutions has continued to grow throughout the history of ICT, and that it has now reached a level that goes...

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Global business and the terrorist threat

Richardson, Harry Ward (contributor); … - 2009

Global business is affected by global terrorism and the two are intricately linked on many levels. This book is an eclectic and enlightening compendium of research that explores the interrelationships between the two. A companion to and expansion on the authors' previous books on the area,...

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Entrepreneurship as organizing : selected papers of William B. Gartner

Gartner, William B. - 2016

Introduction -- 1. A conceptual framework for describing the phenomenon of new venture creation -- 2. Did River City really need a boy's band -- 3. The Oz in organization -- 4. "Who is an entrepreneur?" is the wrong question -- 5. Properties of emerging organizations -- 6. A taxonomy of new...

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