Social Dynamics in a Systems Perspective

Preface.- Chapter 1 Co-creation based upon emotional inferences.- Chapter 2 Complexity and Sustainability in management.- Chapter 3 Innovation and Society - a systems perspective.- Chapter 4 Value Co-creation and requisite variety.- Chapter 5 The sharing economy and social business.- Chapter 6 Systems Theories in action.

Sergio Barile is Full Professor of Economics and Business Administration (SECS-P/08) at the University of Rome "La Sapienza", where he is also Director of the Management Section of the Department of Management in the Faculty of Economics. Professor Barile's areas of research range from business economics to systems theory and he is an expert on the Viable Systems Approach, in particular with reference to governance and business management, decision theory, and complexity theory. He is a member of AIDEA (Italian Academy of Business Economy) and a member of the board of the Master Universitario in Marketing Management (MUMM). Professor Barile has been a consultant for both public and private institutions. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Research Centre of Pure and Applied Mathematics (CRMPA), the Board of Directors of Centro Studi Arnia, the scientific committee of Esperienze d'impresa, and the editorial board of Sinergie, edited by CUEIM. He is the author of numerous publications in Italian and English.

Marco Pellicano is Full Professor in Economics and Business Management at the Department of Business Science - Management and Innovation Systems, University of Salerno. He is currently coordinator of the working group for drafting the "Social Report (SR) UNISA" of the University of Salerno. He is also a member of AIDEA (Italian Academy of Business Economy) and SVI.M.A.P. (University Network for Management Development in the Public Sector). Furthermore, he is manager of the professional training and refresher course in Business Economic Discipline at the Department of Business Science - Management and Innovation Systems and a member of the scientific committee of the journal Business Experience. He has presented papers at national and international conferences. His main research interests are Enterprise Relational View, Managerial and Strategic Studies, Business Ethics, Industrial and Business Relationships, and Small Businesses.