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Agribusiness Supply Chains: From Green to Regenerative

open access: yesJournal of Supply Chain Management, Volume 62, Issue 2, Page 105-124, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Supply chain management has traditionally prioritized maximizing profits, creating persistent tensions with social‐ecological systems (SES) despite sustainability efforts. Regeneration offers an alternative, ecocentric approach, yet it remains unclear how supply chains can operate within SES boundaries.
Diana Trujillo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surviving the Post–Biafran War by Navigating the Igbo People's Igba‐Boi Apprenticeship Model of Entrepreneurship

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 155-174, April 2026.
ABSTRACT After the Nigerian Civil War, the Biafrans started from scratch through trades, mostly adopting the igba‐boi apprenticeship system in Nigeria. This paper examines the impact of the igba‐boi entrepreneurship system in post‐Biafra for the survival of the Igbo identity.
Chiemela Victor Amaechi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transformation from "Carbon Valley" to a "Post-Carbon Society" in a Climate Change Hot Spot: the Coalfields of the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2008
This paper examines the possibilities for transformation of a climate-change hot spot - the coal-producing Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia - using complex adaptive systems (CAS) theory. It uses CAS theory to understand the role of coal in the
Geoffrey R. Evans
doaj   +1 more source

Logistics Service Providers' Business Models in the Circular Economy: A Systematic Literature Review and Panarchy Theory Framework

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 1, Page 1128-1164, January 2026.
ABSTRACT Logistics service providers (LSPs) can support the transition to a circular economy (CE) through their visibility over and facilitation of resource flows between supply chain (SC) actors. However, the proliferation of CE‐related terms, compounded by a manufacturer‐centric focus on CE culminating in knowledge siloes that result in an overall ...
Orsolya‐Anna Mate   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Most Resilient Show on Earth: The Circus as a Model for Viewing Identity, Change, and Chaos

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2007
Resilience, adaptability, and transformability are all tightly linked to the notion of change, whether in respect to coping with, adapting to, or harnessing it. But in order to understand these forces of change, we first need to recognize its counterpart:
Philip A. Loring
doaj   +1 more source

Belief Network Assessment of Fire Management in East African Savannas Under Socioeconomic and Climate Change

open access: yesGeo: Geography and Environment, Volume 13, Issue 1, January‐June 2026.
Short Abstract Fire regimes across savanna‐dominated conservation areas in East African are symptomatic of joint processes of ecological and biocultural hysteresis, perpetuated by colonially inherited fire suppression policies and exclusionary governance arrangements that overlook local stewardship and pyrodiversity.
A. R. Croker, R. Stafford, Y. Kountouris
wiley   +1 more source

The ‘long now’ of southern African water: Exploring aspects of enchantment and disenchantment in Brandfort

open access: yesThe Journal for Transdisciplinary Research in Southern Africa, 2015
Strategies aimed at understanding contemporary South African water supply and sanitation problems require a broad view of factors such as migration, urbanisation and climate change.
Johann Tempelhoff
doaj   +1 more source

Social Human Complexity and Global Challenges: Theoretical, Methodological and Empirical Contributions for Transformative Change

open access: yesComplexity, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
This paper advances a framework for complexity‐informed action research as a mode of governance for addressing the contemporary polycrisis in socio‐ecological systems. It argues that knowledge is not merely representational but possesses causal power in shaping future system trajectories and that research and governance are inseparable, recursive ...
David S. Byrne   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Revealing the Organization of Complex Adaptive Systems through Multivariate Time Series Modeling

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2011
Revealing the adaptive responses of ecological, social, and economic systems to a transforming biosphere is crucial for understanding system resilience and preventing collapse.
David G. Angeler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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