Research

Research Overview

BANICORE is an independent research platform dedicated to the study of organizational complexity, decision systems, and governance under conditions of uncertainty, nonlinearity, and structural constraint.

The research focuses on how organizations articulate strategic intent, coordinate action, and make decisions in environments where traditional linear planning assumptions no longer hold. Rather than offering prescriptive solutions, BANICORE aims to analyze, interpret, and make visible the underlying dynamics that shape organizational outcomes.

Conceptual Orientation: CORE

Research conducted under BANICORE is structured around four recurring and interrelated analytical dimensions: complexity, orchestration, risk, and enablement.

These dimensions do not constitute a prescriptive framework or methodological toolkit. They serve as a conceptual lens for examining how organizations operate, adapt, and fail under conditions characterized by fragility, anxiety, nonlinearity, and limited comprehensibility.

  • Complexity refers to the structural and dynamic properties of organizations as non-linear, adaptive systems with emergent behavior.

  • Orchestration examines how coordination, governance, and alignment across heterogeneous actors and institutional layers are attempted, constrained, or disrupted.

  • Risk focuses on how uncertainty, exposure, and unintended consequences arise and propagate through decision-making systems.

  • Enablement addresses the structural, institutional, and cultural conditions that enable or constrain organizational action and strategic intent.

Research Themes

The research agenda at BANICORE is organized around several interrelated themes. These themes are not treated as isolated domains, but as overlapping perspectives through which complex organizational phenomena are examined.

  • Organizational Complexity and Systemic Fragility
    Analysis of organizations as complex adaptive systems, with particular attention to nonlinearity, feedback loops, and emergent behavior.

  • Decision-Making under Uncertainty
    Examination of how strategic and operational decisions are made in contexts characterized by incomplete information, time pressure, and competing institutional logics.

  • Governance, Coordination, and Control Mechanisms
    Study of formal and informal governance arrangements, coordination mechanisms, and stage-based decision structures, including their unintended consequences.

  • Value System Interdependencies
    Exploration of how value creation, regulation, and operational execution interact across organizational and institutional boundaries.

  • Power, Bias, and Institutional Path Dependencies
    Investigation of how power dynamics, cognitive bias, and historical decisions shape organizational trajectories and constrain future options.

Methodological Orientation

BANICORE employs a qualitative, theory-informed research approach grounded in empirical observation and analytical abstraction. Methods include comparative case analysis, longitudinal observation of organizational processes, and critical reflection on real-world decision contexts.

Empirical material is systematically anonymized and abstracted to avoid attribution to specific organizations, programs, or individuals. The emphasis lies on understanding structural dynamics rather than evaluating individual performance.

Relationship to Ongoing PhD Research

BANICORE provides an open research environment that accompanies an ongoing PhD project in the field of organizational complexity and governance.

The platform documents the evolution of research questions, conceptual refinements, and analytical insights over time. Publications hosted on BANICORE are complementary to formal academic outputs and do not replace peer-reviewed journal submissions or dissertation work.

Scope and Limitations

BANICORE does not offer consulting services, proprietary models, or implementation guidance. The research is exploratory and analytical in nature.

Its purpose is to contribute to scholarly discourse and informed reflection on organizational complexity, not to prescribe solutions or best practices.