Understanding Education for Sustainability through Systems Thinking and the Complex Adaptive System Approach: A Case Study at a Malaysian University

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Nur Diyana Mahmud
Keyword(s):  
Systems Thinking ◽  
System Approach ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Education For Sustainability ◽  
Complex Adaptive

Emergence of cooperation in peer-to-peer systems: A complex adaptive system approach

2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Golnaz Vakili ◽  
Foroozossadat Tabatabaee ◽  
Siavash Khorsandi
Keyword(s):  
System Approach ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Peer To Peer ◽  
Peer To Peer Systems ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Emergence Of Cooperation

A solution for the chicken and egg paradox in taxi e-hailing platforms: some evidence from the MyTaxi – FreeNow case

Kybernetes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Tani ◽  
Ciro Troise ◽  
Gianpaolo Basile
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Adaptive System ◽  
Complex Adaptive System ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
System Perspective ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complex Adaptive

Purpose This study aims to explore the chicken and egg paradox in the taxi e-hailing business contributing to define a condition of system emergence. This paradox is a meaningful one as these platforms represent a system where the passengers systems have no reason to participate if they have no drivers-systems to answer their call, but, at the same time, the platform is not useful to the drivers-system if there are no passengers-systems using the platform. Design/methodology/approach To understand how this paradox has been dealt with in the taxi e-hailing business, this study focused on a case study on a best practice in Italian taxi e-hailing industry (i.e. MyTaxi/FreeNow). This study wants to comprehend which actions have been implemented to solve this paradox and has tried to identify the interconnections between the various strategies to create a closed loop diagram for further testing. Findings This study has found that the company did not choose a single “subsystem” (passenger or driver), but it has stimulated the creation of several mutually reinforcing motivation for have both subsystems interact to help the company grow. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this paradox has never been studied using the complex adaptive system perspective. This perspective is particularly useful in this case and in the similar ones with several different interacting factors that cannot be really studied without using a higher order perspective.

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