Sunday, April 26, 2015

Modular Designs Evolve as the options are pursued and exercised

Modular designs create value in the form of valuable real options. But how will that value be realized? In Design Rules, we argue that the value of a modular system will be realized over time via modular design evolution (MDE).

The promise implicit in a modular design is that parts of the system - the modules - can be modified after the fact at low cost. Foresighted actors seeking financial rewards will thus be motivated to pursue these options, and they will exercise the ones that are "in the money" at some future point in time ( the actual date may be uncertain). Exercising an "in the money" option in this case means introducing a new, superior version of a particular module and reaping the economic rewards. The rewards may take the form of higher product revenue, or lower process cost, or both.


from:  Design Rules, The Power of Modularity

Modular-Finance seeks to create value... and draws from the Power of Modularity, Biomimicry and Complexity Economics to Design Robust and AntiFragile Systems...and can be applied across the financial Spectrum including Financial Planning, business Strategy, Investment, Policy Decisions and systemic risk models...

Adaptive Systems are Three Dimensional in Nature...vs Interdependent Systems - Two Dimensional Mechanical Ducks...

Sunday, April 19, 2015

The Complexity Conspiracy...

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Thursday, April 2, 2015

My Life as a Robo-Advisor

Today RoboAdvisors are all the Rage...Let me Tell you a Story...