System Dynamics: Soft and Hard Operational Research

1. Introduction; Martin Kunc.- Part I. Applications of System Dynamics in Management.- 2. Resetting the Clock: A Feedback Approach to the Dynamics of Organisational Inertia, Survival and Change; E. R. Larsen and A. Lomi.- 3. Management Attitudes, Learning and Scale in Successful Diversification: A Dynamic and Behavioural Resource System View; J. D. W. Morecroft.- 4. Relevance Assumed: A Case Study of Balanced Scorecard Development Using System Dynamics; H. A. Akkermans and K. E. van Oorschot.- 5. Interpersonal Success Factors for Strategy Implementation: A Case Study Using Group Model Building; R. J. Scott, R. Y. Cavana and D. Cameron.- Part II. Methodological Developments.- 6. An Overview of Strategy and Tactics in System Dynamics Optimisation; B. C. Dangerfield and C. Roberts.- 7. Simulation by Repeated Optimisation; R. G. Coyle.- 8. Judgement and Supply Chain Dynamics; A. A. Syntetos, N. C. Georgantzas, J. E. Boylan and B. C. Dangerfield.- 9. Comparing Discrete-Event Simulation and System Dynamics: Users' Perceptions; A. A. Tako and S. Robinson.- Part III. Applications of System Dynamics at Industry Level.- 10. Modelling the Sustainability of Mass Tourism in Island Tourist Economies; Y. Xing and B. C. Dangerfield.- 11. Modelling for Policu Assessment in the Natural Gas Industry; Y. Olaya and I. Dyner.- 12. Understanding the Drivers of Broadband Adoption: The Case of Rural and Remote Scotland; S. Howick and J. Whalley.- Part IV. System Dyamics in Healthcare.- 13. System Dynamics Mapping of Acute Patient Flows; D. C. Lane and E. Husemann.- 14. Improving the Cost-Effectiveness of Chlamydia Screening with Targeted Screening Strategies; D. Evenden, P. R. Harper, S. C. Brailsford and V. Harindra.- 15. Competitive Dynamics in Pharmaceutical Markets: A Case Study in the Chronic Cardiac Disease Market; M. Kunc and R. Kazakov.