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  • Understanding Leadership in Complex Systems

    A Praxeological Perspective

    by Terje Andreas Tonsberg, Jeffrey Shawn Henderson ...
    Series series Business and Management (R0)
    This work proposes that Carl Menger’s Subjective Theory of Value (STV), and its subsequent elaboration by Ludwig von Mises as Praxeology, provides a useful alternative to more common methods in the study of action and social phenomena, and more specifically, to leadership in complex social systems. Rather than being based on rationality assumptions and algorithmic predictability, the STV ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • The Seneca Effect

    Why Growth is Slow but Collapse is Rapid

    by Ugo Bardi ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    The essence of this book can be found in a line written by the ancient Roman Stoic Philosopher Lucius Annaeus Seneca: "Fortune is of sluggish growth, but ruin is rapid". This sentence summarizes the features of the phenomenon that we call "collapse," which is typically sudden and often unexpected, like the proverbial "house of cards." But why are such collapses so common, and what generates them? ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Energy and the Wealth of Nations

    Understanding the Biophysical Economy

    by Charles A. S. Hall, Kent A. Klitgaard ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    For the past 150 years, economics has been treated as a social science in which economies are modeled as a circular flow of income between producers and consumers. In this “perpetual motion” of interactions between firms that produce and households that consume, little or no accounting is given of the flow of energy and materials from the environment and back again. In the standard economic model, ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • The Handbook of Mergers and Acquisitions

    Edited by David Faulkner, Satu Teerikangas, Richard J. Joseph ...
    With its inception at the end of the nineteenth century as a means of consolidation and reorganization, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) have since become quasi-institutionalized as one of the primary strategic options for organizations, as they seek to secure their position in an ever more competitive and globalizing market place. Despite the optimism surrounding M&A as strategic moves, research on ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • The Distribution of Income and Wealth

    Parametric Modeling with the κ-Generalized Family

    by Mauro Gallegati, Fabio Clementi ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book presents a systematic overview of cutting-edge research in the field of parametric modeling of personal income and wealth distribution, which allows one to represent how income/wealth is distributed within a given population. The estimated parameters may be used to gain insights into the causes of the evolution of income/wealth distribution over time, or to interpret the differences ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Experimental Econophysics

    Properties and Mechanisms of Laboratory Markets

    by Ji-Ping Huang ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Experimental Econophysics describes the method of controlled human experiments, which is developed by physicists to study some problems in economics or finance, namely, stylized facts, fluctuation phenomena, herd behavior, contrarian behavior,hedge behavior, cooperation, business cycles, partial information, risk management, and stock prediction. Experimental econophysics together with empirical ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Systems Thinking Approach for Social Problems

    Proceedings of 37th National Systems Conference, December 2013

    Edited by Vivek Vijay, Sandeep Kumar Yadav, Bibhas Adhikari, Harinipriya Seshadri, Deepak Kumar Fulwani ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    The book is a collection of peer-reviewed scientific papers submitted by active researchers in the 37th National System Conference (NSC 2013). NSC is an annual event of the Systems Society of India (SSI), primarily oriented to strengthen the systems movement and its applications for the welfare of humanity. A galaxy of academicians, professionals, scientists, statesman and researchers from ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • Agent-Based Modelling of Social Networks in Labour–Education Market System

    by Alexander Tarvid ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book covers the modelling of human behaviour in the education and labour markets, which due to their interdependency are viewed as one system. Important factors influencing the decision-making of individuals and firms in this system are discussed. The role of social environment and networks is stressed. The approach of agent-based modelling is presented and compared with standard economic ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Maths Meets Myths: Quantitative Approaches to Ancient Narratives

    Edited by Ralph Kenna, Máirín MacCarron, Pádraig MacCarron ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    With an emphasis on exploring measurable aspects of ancient narratives, Maths Meets Myths sets out to investigate age-old material with new techniques. This book collects, for the first time, novel quantitative approaches to studying sources from the past, such as chronicles, epics, folktales, and myths. It contributes significantly to recent efforts in bringing together natural scientists and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics

    The IZA World of Labor Guide 2017

    Edited by Daniel S. Hamermesh, Olga K. Nottmeyer ...
    Evidence-based Policy Making in Labor Economics distills and condenses the best thinking and research on labor economic issues to enable decision makers make better informed policy decisions.Written by well-known labor economists worldwide, research findings on key policy issues are presented in a compact and readable format, as distillations of comprehensive evidence-based research with concise ... Read more

    $27.69 USD

  • Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2014

    Edited by Şefika Şule Erçetin ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This work represents the third entry of the series of works on “Chaos, Complexity and Leadership”. Contents of the book are composed from broad range of chaos, complexity and their applications in multi disciplines. Articles reflect different perspectives in the field of applied nonlinear methods, modeling of data and simulations as well as theoretical achievements of chaos and complex systems. In ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Participatory Sensing, Opinions and Collective Awareness

    Edited by Vittorio Loreto, Muki Haklay, Andreas Hotho, Vito D.P. Servedio, Gerd Stumme, Jan Theunis, Francesca Tria ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This book introduces and reviews recent advances in the field in a comprehensive and non-technical way by focusing on the potential of emerging citizen-science and social-computation frameworks, coupled with the latest theoretical and modeling tools developed by physicists, mathematicians, computer and social scientists to analyse, interpret and visualize complex data sets.There is overwhelming ... Read more

    $89.09 USD