Leveraging Complexity Concepts and Methods for Sustainable Economies, Organizations, and Innovation Systems

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale

May 31st, 2024
Aula Scipione Bobbio, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples (Italy)

Workshop theme

In today’s world, organizations, supply and value networks, economies, and innovation systems are facing big challenges as they are required to take part in digital and green transformation processes. These systems, as the transition processes in which they are involved, are complex and dynamic systems, in which heterogenous and autonomous agents interact not-linearly and co-evolve with the changing environment. This workshop aims to discuss how to understand and manage these big shifts using concepts and approaches from complexity science. We will examine how different collective entities, from single companies to whole industries, are finding innovative ways to succeed in this changing world.

The workshop will cover new research and methods that help these groups adapt and grow.

A focus is also devoted to the definition of structural archetypes and coordination mechanisms for the design of resilient and sustainable supply chains. This is the central objective of the MICS (Made in Italy - Circular and Sustainable) project funded in the context of the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) by the Italian Ministry of the University and Research.

By bringing together different perspectives, we hope to find new ways to deal with the challenges of today’s fast-changing environment, making it easier for these complex systems to move forward in a challenging world.

Invited Speakers

Prof. Silvano Cincotti, Università degli studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
Prof. Alberto Felice De Toni, univeristà di Udine
Prof.ssa Raffaella Manzini, LIUC, Università Cattaneo, Castellanza (MI), Italy
Prof. Andreas Pyka, University of Stuttgart-Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany
Prof. Giuseppe Zollo, Università degli Studi di Napoli “Federico II”, Naples, Italy

Program

09:00 - 09:15 Registration  
09:15 - 09:30 Welcome Prof. Nicola Bianco, Director of the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Sergio De Rosa, Delegate for Research of the Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II
Prof. Antonio Lanzotti, Delegate of the Rector of the University of Naples Federico II for the MICS project
09:30 -10:15 Complexity in organizations

Focus Organizers:
Ilaria Giannoccaro, Politecnico di Bari
Cristina Ponsiglione, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Presentations:

  1. Giovanni F. Massari: Circular Supply Chains as Complex Adaptive Systems: a NKCS-based simulation approach
  2. Ilaria Lombani: Assessing ripple effects in gas energy supply chains: A static complexity approach
10:15 - 11:00 Complexity in networks

Focus Organizers:
Giovanna Ferraro, Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
Antonio Iovanella, Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT

Presentations:

  1. Saverio Storani: Can the networked BIS's financial flow explain different crises? An empirical analysis of reporting countries
  2. Raffaele Mattera: Systemic resilience of networked commodities
11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break  
11:30 - 12:30 Complexity, Innovation and Sustainability issues

Focus Organizers:
Linda Ponta, Università degli Studi di Genova
Marco Raberto, Università degli Studi di Genova

Presentations:

  1. Marco Raberto: The importance of being many: insights from an agent-based dynamic input- output model
  2. Linda Ponta: Making, buying and collaborating strategies to improve firms perfomance: An agent-based approch
  3. Simonetta Primario: Sustainable value chains for green hydrogen production
12: 30 - 13:15 Made in Italy Circular and Sustainable (MICS)

Focus Organizers:
Giuseppe Bruno, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Ilaria Giannoccaro, Politecnico di Bari

Presentations:

  1. Raffaele Nacchiero: Transformative supply chains: dynamic capabilities and microfoundations
  2. Anna del Balzo: Sustainable Performance Assessment for Transformative Supply Chains
13:15 - 14: 30 Lunch  
14:30 -16:00 Round table

Round Table

Prof. Giuseppe Bruno, Prof. Silvano Cincotti, Prof. Alberto Felice De Toni, Prof.ssa Raffaella Manzini, Prof. Andreas Pyka, Prof. Giuseppe Zollo
16:00-16:15 Closing Concluding remarks Cristina Ponsiglione

Venue

The workshop will be hosted by Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, and will be held in a hybrid format.

The physical venue is “Aula Scipione Bobbio”, Piazzale Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy

Local Organizing Committee

Giuseppe Bruno and Cristina Ponsiglione
Carmela Piccolo and Simonetta Primario

Support to the organization has been provided by organizers of past editions (Ilaria Giannoccaro and Linda Ponda) and by focus organizers of tracks

Registration

Participation in the workshop is free of charge subject to registration.

Please register at link

Credits

All the participants will receive the attendance certificate. PhD students attending the workshop will receive 1 CFU.

Acknowledges

This workshop is funded under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4 Component 2 Investment 1.3 - Call for tender No. 341 of 15/03/2022 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.

Award Number: PE00000004, Concession Decree No. 1551 of 11/10/2022 adopted by the Italian Ministry of University and Research, CUP D93C22000920001, MICS (Made in Italy - Circular and Sustainable)