Exploring dynamics of Giddens' globalization

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 622-638

  Georgantzas, Nicholas C ^a   Katsamakas, Evangelos ^a   Solowiej, Dominik ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Stanislaw Staszic College of Public Administration   (Poland)

Author keywords

Giddens; Globalization; Information and communication technology (ICT); Simulation; Social policy; System dynamics (SD); Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

GIDDENS; GLOBALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SIMULATION; SOCIAL POLICY; SYSTEM DYNAMICS; SYSTEMS THINKING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 78349244428     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.1017     Document Type: Article

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