The authors examine the causes and consequences of complexity among the broadly economic phenomena of firms, industries and socio-economic policy. The book makes a valuable contribution to the increasingly prominent subject of complexity, especially for those whose interests include...

1 Understanding Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Turkey with Plasma as a Metaphor of the Fourth State of Matter -- 2 Language and Discourse as a Leadership Tool in Chaos Environment -- 3 Understanding The New Generation Universities: Learning, Teaching and Managing -- 4 Chaotic Awareness and Simulacra...

Introduction -- Part I: Complexity, Cognition and Cities -- 1. What makes cities complex? -- 2. Evolving a Plan: Design and Planning with Complexity -- 3. Self-organization and design as complementary pair -- 4. Cultivating complexity: The need for a shift in cognition -- 5. The fourth...