System
The totality is not, as it were, a mere heap;
but the whole is something beyond the parts.
from: Metaphysics, Book VIII, Part 1 by Aristotle around 350 BC
A community is a system of common people, a society is a system of socializing individuals, an economy is a system of balanced values and business is a system of busy activities. Obviously, there is a need to distinguish between the single abilities and the abilities of a system, literally meaning a compilation, an assortment or an assembly.
Accordingly, science is a system of knowledge and this book describes the system of knowledge for the management of innovations.32 The intended surplus is a compilation, an assortment or an assembly of different approaches, aspects and methods to ...
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