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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

The Strategic Role of Waste Inventories in Industrial Symbiosis: A Simulation‐Based Perspective on Performance and Resilience of Industrial Symbiosis Networks

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, Volume 35, Issue 4, Page 5236-5267, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Ensuring the resilience of industrial symbiosis networks (ISNs) has emerged as a key concern in the literature. However, existing studies focus on network‐level strategies, neglecting the potential benefits derived from strengthening the links between symbiotic partners.
Melissa Mollica   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Resilience of Past Landscapes: Resilience Theory, Society, and the Longue Durée

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2003
Resilience theory is an expanding body of ideas that attempts to provide explanations for the source and role of change in adaptive systems, particularly the kinds of change that are transforming. Scholars from various disciplines have contributed to the
Charles L. Redman, Ann P. Kinzig
doaj   +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

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

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

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

Insight on Invasions and Resilience Derived from Spatiotemporal Discontinuities of Biomass at Local and Regional Scales

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2012
Understanding the social and ecological consequences of species invasions is complicated by nonlinearities in processes, and differences in process and structure as scale is changed. Here we use discontinuity analyses to investigate nonlinear patterns in
David G. Angeler   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate advisory committees in European climate governance: Expertise, representation and co‐production

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 598-608, November 2025.
Abstract This article examines the institutional design and statutory mandates of Climate Advisory Committees (CACs) in Denmark, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom through comparative legal analysis. The CACs share the common feature of operating as boundary institutions mediating between scientific knowledge and policy implementation, with ...
Elena Cirkovic, Ole W. Pedersen
wiley   +1 more source

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