Managing Complex Issues through Evolutionary Learning Laboratories

Systems Research and Behavioral Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 116-135

  Bosch, Ockie J H ^a   Nguyen, Nam C ^a   Maeno, Takashi ^b   Yasui, Toshiyuki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complexity; Global Evolutionary Learning Laboratory (GELL); Investment decisions; Management; Participatory systems analysis; Policy making; Systems thinking

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXITY; EVOLUTIONARY LEARNING; INVESTMENT DECISIONS; POLICY MAKING; SYSTEMS THINKING;

INVESTMENTS; LABORATORIES; MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 84875821693     PISSN: 10927026     EISSN: 10991743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sres.2171     Document Type: Article

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