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Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches (2011)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A., & Porter, T. (2011). Sustainability, complexity and learning: insights from complex systems approaches. Learning Organization, The, 18(1), 54-72. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696471111096000

Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices (2009)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A. (2009). Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices. Systemic practice and action research, 22(4), 275 - 291. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11213-009-9123-2

The term 'Sustainable Development' is brandished by modern businesses as a marketing ploy used to suggest evidence of ethical conduct, innovative thinking and moral superiority. However, when analysing an organisations' adoption of sustainable practi... Read More about Towards an Holistic Framework for Environmental Change: The Role of Normative Behaviour and Informal Networking to Enhance Sustainable Business Practices.

A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited (2008)
Journal Article
Espinosa, A., Hamden, R., & Walker, J. (2008). A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited. European journal of operational research, 187(2), 636-651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2007.03.023

There is wide acceptance of the need for a more holistic approach to sustainability. However, practical solutions remain elusive and tend to exhibit underlying conflicts between different paradigms and their associated methodologies. This paper argue... Read More about A complexity approach to sustainability - Stafford Beer revisited.

A complexity approach to sustainability: theory and application
Book
Espinosa Salazar, A. M., & Walker, J. A complexity approach to sustainability: theory and application. The University of Hull