Publications des institutions partenaires
Global Transdisciplinary Research Co-operation: Thirty Cyberneticians Online
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1997
Integrative Systems Methodology: Heuristic for Requisite Variety
The author introduces a new methodological framework for dealing with complex issues, named Integrative Systems Methodology (ISM). ISM is a general heuristic to help actors in organizations and society achieve requisite variety. For this purpose, numerous "problem solving" approaches have been developed. ISM is aimed at overcoming the drawbacks of many established...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1997
The Swiss decision support system: State of the art and experiences
Development of the Decision Support System (DSS) used by the National Emergency Operations Centre in Switzerland began immediately after the accident at Chernobyl. The system will evaluate acceptable countermeasures following the accidental release of radioactivity in order to reduce ingestion dose. The DSS - not designed for the very early phase following the accidental release of...
Institution partenaire
English / 11/10/1996
ECOSYS-87: Model Calculations of the activity in cow meat related to deposition time and feeding regimes after a nuclear fallout
The radioecological model ECOSYS-87 was used to evaluate the effect of countermeasures for reducing the ingestion dose by eating cattle meat after an accidental release of radioactive material. Calculations were performed using a database adapted to Swiss conditions for the case that (1) contaminated grass or hay is replaced by clean fodder; (2) the last 100 days before slaughter,...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1996
A look at the Nd as a special case of CNV
Tone onset and normal tone offset in Nd tasks are formally similar to the S1 and S2 events in a CNV task requiring perceptual discrimination (tone duration) for designated tones. If the Nd thus reflects more than mere stimulus selection, increasing the duration of all tones should lengthen the Nd wave. Eight subjects participated to three Nd tasks, with short tones of 50, 150, and...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1996
Auditors' perceptions of client firms: The stigma of decline and the stigma of growth
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1996
Intelligent Organizations: Building Core Competencies through Information Systems
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1995
The conceptual definition of a crisis management system CMDSS for evaluating acceptable countermeasures to reduce ingestion dose after an accidental release of radioactivity
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1990
Embodiments of Organizational Fitness. The Viable System Model (VSM) as a Guide
Managers are facing new problems in their quest for organizational fitness. With environments of growing complexity, foresight, adaptability, and learning become critical features for a social system to survive and develop. Established models of organizational control are insufficient to cope with this proliferating complexity. The science of cybernetics provides powerful models to...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1990
Strategic Management in Tourism
This contribution applies the latest theory of business strategy to
the specific requirements of the tourist sector. The article an
alyzes the principal purpose of strategic management -
the development and the enhancement of sustained earnings poten
tials, as the prerequisite of long-term business success. Further,
it identifies the determinants of...
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1989
Full information estimations of a system of simultaneous equations with error component structure
In this paper we develop full information methods for estimating the parameters of a system of simultaneous equations with error component struc-ture and establish relationships between the various structural estimat
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1987
Six "commandments" for successful futures studies for corporate planning
Institution partenaire
English / 01/01/1984
Governance Structure and the Credibility Gap: Experimental Evidence on Family Businesses’ Sustainability Reporting
This paper examines the success of corporate communication in voluntary sustainability reporting. Existing studies have focused on the perspective of the communicators but lack an understanding of the perspective of information recipients to clearly evaluate this interactive communication process. This paper looks at the issue of a credibility gap perceived by external stakeholders...
Institution partenaire
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