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The Design of European Industrial Systems: A Systemic Investigation

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Industrial systems capable of developing, surviving and contributing to society beyond the year 2000 are emerging in many parts of the world, and particularly in Europe. Such an emergence will provide an opportunity for systems thinkers to make an international contribution of significant proportions in the design, implementation and operation of a European Industrial System comparable in size and power to both the Japanese and American Industrial Systems.

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  1. School of Accounting, Business and Economics, The University of Buckingham, Buckingham, MK18 1EG, England

    R. K. Ellis

  2. Department of Systems Science, City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB, England

    A. Delgado-Fernandez

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  1. University of Hull, Hull, UK

    M. C. Jackson  & R. L. Flood  & 

  2. Polytechnic of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK

    G. J. Mansell , R. B. Blackham  & S. V. E. Probert ,  & 

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Ellis, R.K., Delgado-Fernandez, A. (1991). The Design of European Industrial Systems: A Systemic Investigation. In: Jackson, M.C., Mansell, G.J., Flood, R.L., Blackham, R.B., Probert, S.V.E. (eds) Systems Thinking in Europe. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-3748-9_9

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