Systems Research II: Essays in Honor of Yasuhiko Takahara on Systems Management Theory and Practice

Part 1: Social/Organizational Theory and Application.- Chapter 1: Complex Systems and Postmodernism: A New Perspective for Society in the 21st Century.- Chapter 2: A Retrospective on the University-Industry Innovation Nexus in Japan: Empirical Assessment of Coauthorship in the Light of New Data.- Chapter 3: Consideration of Organization Model Based on Dynamic Equilibrium Theory.- Chapter 4: A Process for a Conceptual Design and its Simulation Toward New Business Model Creation.- Chapter 5: Virtual Organization, Organizational Intelligence, and Imperfect Information Processing.- Chapter 6: Composite: A Model of Virtual Organization.- Part 2: Systems Management.- Chapter 7: What Should be Added to Science for Solving Wicked Problems?.- Chapter 8: Methodology for Refining Concept through Refutation in Theory of Organizational Strategy.- Chapter 9: PVaR: A New Risk Measure for Financial Investments.- Chapter 10: An Agent-based Approach to Stability of Complete, Directed and Signed Social Networks with Loops.- Chapter 11: A Model of Consensus and Consensus Building within the Framework of Committees with Permissible Ranges of Decision Makers.- Chapter 12: A Game Theory Investigation of Contract between IT Vendor and User in Problems of Information System.- Chapter 13: Systemic Approach to Reliability and Safety Management Incorporating Uncertainty.