Kybernetes: Volume 44 Issue 2

Investigating the value of reducing errors in inventory information from a supply chain perspective

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the value of reducing errors in inventory information from a supply chain perspective. To this end, the benefits of reducing errors in…

Guidance on applying the viable system model

Although many cases where viable system model (VSM) was successfully applied exist, hardly any literature advises the novice VSM user regarding the accomplishment of a VSM…

An innovative approach to measuring technology spillovers in service-dominant logic

The purpose of this paper is to propose a service-dominant (S-D) logic-based input-output analysis approach to systematically measure the effects of technology spillover in the…

Evaluation of product development partners using an integrated AHP-VIKOR model

Today, customers are generally perceived to be demanding higher quality and better performing products, in shorter and more predictable development cycle-times and at a lower…

Selection of project delivery approach with unascertained model

The construction project is implemented under uncertainty environment, and the product of construction is very complex. Selecting a project delivery system/approach is a critical…

Why systems must explore the unknown to survive in VUCA environments

The purpose of this paper is to explain why systems must make a habit of exploring the unknown and identify the complex and chaotic dynamics that drive modern volatile, uncertain…

N-person grey game

One important assumption in the conventional cooperative game theory is that payoffs are assumed to be deterministic. In terms of the players’ cognitive ability of the realistic…

A general theory of generic modelling and paradigm shifts: part 1 – the fundamentals

Anticipating behaviour and responding to the needs of complexity and the problematic issues that they can generate requires modelling to facilitate analysis and diagnosis. Using…

A general theory of generic modelling and paradigm shifts: part 2 – cybernetic orders

Anticipating behaviour and responding to the needs of complexity and problematic issues requires modelling to facilitate analysis and diagnosis. Using arguments of anticipation as…

A general theory of generic modelling and paradigm shifts: part 3 – the extension

Anticipating behaviour and responding to the needs of complexity and problematic issues requires modelling to facilitate analysis and diagnosis. Using arguments of anticipation as…

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