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their sophistication. Banks can search for arguments of differing complexity against tighter regulation. Finding such …
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A large portion of innovators do not patent their inventions. This is a relative puzzle since innovators are often perceived to be at the mercy of imitators in the absence of legal protection. In practice, innovators however invest actively in making their products technologically hard to...
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The complexity resulting from intertwined uncertainties regarding model misspecification and mismeasurement of the … of robust policy guides aiming to maintain stability in the economy while recognizing this complexity. We document …
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comparisons become very unlikely and the convergence concept in the age of complexity scenarios is not a mere socio …
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Although Agent Based Models (hereafter ABM) are now regularly reported in sociology journals, explaining the approach, describing models and reporting results leaves little opportunity to examine wider implications of ABM for sociological practice. This article uses an established ABM (the...
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This study sheds additional light on the relationship between public work complexity and the choice between different … public procurement procedures. In particular, the analysis examines in detail the role of project complexity as one of the … choosing negotiation as awarding procedure; among those factors it includes an ad-hoc measure of complexity built by surveying …
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the social sciences, with complexity theory offering much promise.JEL: A12, B41 …
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of a new paradigm that goes beyond the previous two. It lies on the postulates of the complexity theories and takes the …
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Based on a case study of the new Swiss Re headquarters in Munich, Germany, this paper outlines key design and planning principles integral to achieving an outstanding project result, both from the functional and the architectural point of view. A special focus is given to various simulation...
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This article discusses how complexity theory is being used to understand social phenomena. It notes that published … quantitative evidence that one aspect of complexity thinking, ‘self‐organising criticality’, could be at work in generating …
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