Systems theory was not originally a business theory. Indeed, systems theory was proposed in the 1940s by biologist Ludwig von Bertalanffy, say Francis Heylighen and Cliff Joslyn in their article, ...

Analysing human societies as complex systems can provide an insight into historical processes and the strengths and weaknesses of capitalism. Complex systems theory is a scientific theory coming out ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract There is a long tradition of systemic approaches in family business research, but recent developments have been widely ignored. This article ...

Vol. 42, No. 2, Special Issue on The Global Governance of Security and Finance (April 2011), pp. 143-160 (18 pages) Published By: Sage Publications, Ltd. The concept of 'resilience' was first adopted ...