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Discrete-event simulation and system dynamics for management decision making (2014)
Book
Brailsford, S., Churilov, L., & Dangerfield, B. (2014). Discrete-event simulation and system dynamics for management decision making. ACS Publications. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118762745.ch01

The genesis of operational research (OR) in the Second World War was largely characterised by deterministic techniques with a nod to risk evaluations such as in establishing the optimum balance of merchant ships and naval protection vessels in Atlant... Read More about Discrete-event simulation and system dynamics for management decision making.

Revisiting the ideologies of planning law (2014)
Journal Article
Adshead, J. (2014). Revisiting the ideologies of planning law. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 6(1/2), 174-193. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLBE-10-2013-0038

Purpose: The aim of the research is to examine the legal ideologies of planning law proposed by Patrick McAuslan in 1980 and their operation in one key aspect of modern-day planning law in England and Wales in order to assess the balance between thes... Read More about Revisiting the ideologies of planning law.

Systems thinking and system dynamics: A primer (2014)
Book Chapter
Dangerfield, B. (2014). Systems thinking and system dynamics: A primer. In Discrete-Event Simulation and System Dynamics for Management Decision Making (26-51). Wiley Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118762745.ch03

This chapter introduces the basics of the system dynamics simulation methodology, together with the adjunct field of systems thinking which emerged subsequently. It lists the various characteristics of system dynamics models. The stock-flow diagram i... Read More about Systems thinking and system dynamics: A primer.

Can sustainability be achieved by effective branding of a place? (2014)
Book Chapter
Maheshwari, V., & Vandewalle, I. (2014). Can sustainability be achieved by effective branding of a place?. In M. Dato-On (Ed.), The Sustainable Global Marketplace : Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of Marketing Science (AMS) Annual Conference. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-10873-5_177

The aim of this research is to examine the place brand construct and to establish its role in the sustainable development of a place. A place-specific branding campaign was considered and findings of this research suggest that place branding plays an... Read More about Can sustainability be achieved by effective branding of a place?.