Redefining success: Designing systemic sustainable strategies

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-21

  Laszlo, Alexander ^a   Laszlo, Kathia Castro ^a   Dunsky, Halim ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

^b SolutionsIQ ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Blended value; Design; Evolution; Evolutionary corporation; Strategy; Success; Sustainability; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

BLENDED VALUES; EVOLUTION; STRATEGY; SUCCESS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

DESIGN; ECONOMICS; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEM THEORY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES;

EID: 74349107788     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.982     Document Type: Article

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