Roberta Smith, writing in The New York Times, noted that "their philosophical or linguistic puzzles can stretch the mind in briefly pleasant ways," but did not applaud their efforts to build real-world buildings: "Theoretical follies, one of the plagues of contemporary architecture, have their place, and it's on paper," she wrote.
First, a conceptual framework is developed to study supply chain collaboration in circular buildings, which uses theoretical building blocks for visions, actor learning, network dynamics and business model innovation.
Clearly, building general theoretical models is useful but it is also imperative to build models focussing on particular systems.
The wrought-iron boxes through which the trains ran were originally to be carried by chain suspension cables, but, during the building, extensive theoretical work and testing indicated that the cables were not needed; thus the towers stand strangely useless.
This article contributes to building the theoretical underpinnings of foresight.
When building a theoretical model, information theorists posit that no model is a true model (Box 1976).
For researchers, this study contributed to building a theoretical foundation in understanding a certain type of mass-customized apparel product.
This objection is related to a "normalization" objection which holds that public reason liberalism avoids indeterminacy only by building implausible theoretical assumptions into their models (D'Agostino 2003).
This framework acts as a basis for building new theoretical and empirical models of rural household energy use.
