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Book Cooperation in Value Creating Networks

Download or read book Cooperation in Value Creating Networks written by Josef Wieland and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Value Networks and the True Nature of Collaboration

Download or read book Value Networks and the True Nature of Collaboration written by Verna Allee and published by Anclote Press. This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work life is completely changing as social networking and collaboration platforms allow a more human-centric way of organizing work. Yet work design tools, structures, processes, and systems are not evolving as rapidly, and in many cases are simply inadequate to support the new flexible and networked ways of working. Value Networks and the true nature of collaboration meets this challenge head on with a systematic, human-network approach to managing business operations and ecosystems. Value network modeling and analytics provide better support for collaborative, emergent work and complex activities. With examples from everyday work teams through complex large-scale networks, this book simply and coherently lays out the new basics of collaborative work design and value creating networks. It explains the underlying concepts and shows how to map, analyze, and leverage value networks in a way that supports high social values and ethical practices and achieve fast business results.

Book Co Creation

Download or read book Co Creation written by Tobias Redlich and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-11-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across several industries, we are observing a paradigm shift from traditional, firm-centric and top-down value creation to more open and collaborative approaches, also referred to as bottom-up economics. The boundaries of firms dissolve and external actors (customers, user, suppliers etc.) enter the domain of value creation by means of advanced information and communication technologies. These new and evolving patterns require a renewed and interdisciplinary understanding of how co-creation enables organizations to reshape business and society. With contributions from industrial and academic experts, this book provides deep insights into the theory and practice of bottom-up economics, and addresses the major opportunities and challenges that have emerged in the era of co-creation. A must read for decision-makers looking to innovate their companies' business models—from ideation to marketing. Dr.-Ing. Michaela Colla, K-GXI Leader – Industry 4.0 at Volkswagen Simply put, co-creation is the future of work. With technology morphing the way we work and young people wanting to tackle problems that matter, co-creation is the sandbox where the world can come together to solve big challenges. Plus, co-creation rapidly delivers products with built-in market fit. Megan Brewster, Vice President of Advanced Manufacturing at Launch Forth Successful leaders will co-create the future. This book is an excellent starting point.Jürgen Bilo, Managing Director co-pace GmbH, The Startup Organisation of Continental AG

Book Cooperative and Networking Strategies in Small Business

Download or read book Cooperative and Networking Strategies in Small Business written by Marta Peris-Ortiz and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy context. It examines different concepts and analytical techniques better understand the links between cooperative strategies and networks in small business. It also studies the existing economic conditions of network and strategic implications to small business from the point of view of their internal and external consistency. Cooperation and networks is a fashionable topic. It is receiving increasing attention in popular management publications, as well as specialized academic journals. Cooperation between firms and industries is a means of leveraging and aggregating knowledge also generating direct benefits in terms of innovation, productivity and competitiveness. Various options and decisions made within the framework of strategic alliances may be identified and differentiated. For example, it has been argued that R&D cooperation between competing firms also facilitates the search for incremental efficiency gains and is thus a competitive advantage. In parallel with a theoretical acceptance of the importance of a sustained competitive advantage to formulate strategy, there is a growing understanding that cooperative and networking behavior among small firms is at the root of many success stories in today's small business management. This condition requires an effort to develop a study of both aspects of cooperation and networks as compatible, complementary facets of a unique reality. In short, the cooperative and networking relationships of a small business can be the source of its competitive advantage. Enhancement of local resources and capabilities for the generation and dissemination of knowledge is still an issue for defining public policies in many countries.Featuring contributions covering such topics as green innovation, social commerce, university cooperation networks, and regional entrepreneurship, this book provides a comprehensive and richly illustrated study of cooperation and networks in small business that will be pertinent to students, academics, professionals, scholars, and policy makers./div

Book Strategic Networks

Download or read book Strategic Networks written by Michael Gibbert and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the creation of 'learning networks' and shedslight on how they function:- real versus virtual forms ofinteraction, collaboration versus competition in the learningprocess, and joint value creation versus individual valueappropriation in networks. Written by international experts in the field of globalstrategy. Contributions have been selected for their insights andinterdependence between organizational learning and networks. Looks at topics such as real versus virtual forms ofinteraction, collaboration versus competition in the learningprocess, and joint value creation versus individual valueappropriation in networks.

Book Open IT Based Innovation  Moving Towards Cooperative IT Transfer and Knowledge Diffusion

Download or read book Open IT Based Innovation Moving Towards Cooperative IT Transfer and Knowledge Diffusion written by Gonzalo León and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: th The 11 Working Conference of IFIP WG 8.6, Open-IT Based Innovation: Moving Towards Cooperative IT Transfer and Knowledge Diffusion, organized in Madrid in October 22–24, 2008, follows the series started in Oslo in 1995 and continues in the footprints of the past year’s conference in Manchester. This year, although the Madrid Conference addresses the usual topics covered in previous WG8.6 conferences, the emphasis is on the issue of open innovation and its relationships with technology transfer and diffusion in the field of information technology. This issue is deeply modifying the way that knowledge is generated, shared, transferred, diffused, and used across the world as a side effect of globalization. It affects the organizational structure, partnerships, roles assumed by stakeholders, and technology transfer and diffusion models and instruments. Industry, academia, and governments are simultaneously concerned. Although the concept applies to all industrial sectors, IT companies were early innovators. The analysis of the contents of this book allows the identification of some trends in technology transfer and diffusion issues as a part of the innovation process. The same problem is addressed in very different ways and extrapolation is not straightforward. Even innovation terminology is not clearly shared by different subcultures in the field.

Book A Value Creating Network Analysis from Software Business

Download or read book A Value Creating Network Analysis from Software Business written by Nina Helander and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasing global competition is a driving force pushing toward a networked way of doing business, as companies are forced to search for efficiency through co-operation with other companies. The underlying question is how well the companies combine and co-ordinate their value activities with other companies in order to together create an entity that is able to produce value for the end customer. These kinds of entities - namely, value-creating networks - are the focus of the present study. We explore value-creating networks empirically in a specific, dynamic industry setting. Software business is chosen as the empirical context as it represents a dynamic and contemporary industry. The paper presents an empirical research of a focal net consisted of three types of actors: a focal company building complex software systems to its industrial customers; the focal company's suppliers; and the focal company's customers. The research is carried out as a single-case study. In gathering and analyzing the empirical data qualitative research methods are followed. The empirical findings are reversed to theoretical debate on networks, and as an outcome of the study an empirically-grounded model for value-creating network analysis is presented. Additionally, the paper contributes to literature by increasing our understanding of software business characteristics from network point of view.

Book Managing Cooperation in Supply Network Structures and Small or Medium sized Enterprises

Download or read book Managing Cooperation in Supply Network Structures and Small or Medium sized Enterprises written by Agostino Villa and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2011-05-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing Cooperation in Supply Network Structures and Small- or Medium-sized Enterprises outlines different approaches to the analysis of the organisation of small- or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Owing to the increased competition in the worldwide market, several SMEs operating in the same industrial sectors have agreed collaborative market strategies, both for raw material procurement and for final product delivery. The resulting networks, however, have a tendency to suffer from a lack of organization, which minimizes their impact on the product and labour markets, and causes a weak negotiation capacity within their supply chain. Managing Cooperation in Supply Network Structures and Small- or Medium-sized Enterprises aims to give managers of SMEs a simple methodology that helps them to understand when and why becoming a partner in an SME network can be profitable for their enterprise. It discusses the most critical organizational problems and identifies which procedures must be known to become a collaborative member of the network. Policy-makers, as well as managers and executives, will be able to appreciate the key issues in creating and managing healthy networks that serve global market requirements in the major industrial sectors. Managing Cooperation in Supply Network Structures and Small- or Medium-sized Enterprises enables them to evaluate the efficiency of their organization, and to estimate both the network performance and the opportunity for further development.

Book Collaborative Systems for Production Management

Download or read book Collaborative Systems for Production Management written by Harinder Singh Jagdev and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just as no man is an island, so no business can operate without being part of a network of businesses proactively collaborating and sharing information for mutual success. This book presents some of the latest thinking on collaborative systems by leading experts in the field.

Book Sharing Knowledge Making a Difference  The Role of International Scientific Cooperation

Download or read book Sharing Knowledge Making a Difference The Role of International Scientific Cooperation written by Prof. Allam Ahmed and published by World Association for Sustainable Development (WASD). This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 2011 edition of World Sustainable Development Outlook includes a selection of the best papers presented during the 9th International Conference of WASD held in Atlantic City, USA in October 2011. The theme of the conference was Sharing Knowledge Making a Difference: The Role of International Scientific Cooperation.

Book Cooperation Networks and Economic Development

Download or read book Cooperation Networks and Economic Development written by Andrés Cárdenas O ́Farrill and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2021-02-11 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For most Western audiences, Cuba is a touristic paradise stuck in time and virtually detached from world technology networks by the US embargo – anything but a hub of industrial innovation and high value-added biotechnology. However, a closer look reveals more subtle but equally powerful stories that challenge the homogenizing assumptions of conventional economics and open up scope for more sophisticated reflections on Cuban economy and industry. From this kind of enquiry emerges the case of the internationally respected Cuban biotech industry as the most successful case of science and technology policy in the country’s economic history. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach, exploring issues such as interdependency, purpose and history as natural constituencies of the innovation process. It also examines the dynamic and crucial role played by the state in the formation of innovative business enterprises. This book will be of interest to academic researchers in the fields of innovation and economic development.

Book Global Production Management

Download or read book Global Production Management written by Kai Mertins and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1999-08-31 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The globalization of manufacturing is a key development in most industries over the last decade. New technologies like e-commerce, genetic algorithms, and neural networks have to be adapted to the manufacturing environment. This book deals with methods and tools suitable for designing, managing and controlling processes within the supply chain. Virtual Enterprise and Extended Enterprise are the terms which describe the challenges for global production management. The implementation of global production management requires integration of business processes, technical and organizational aspects. The main topics of the papers selected for this book are therefore: Strategic manufacturing issues and design of virtual enterprises; Supply chain management; Performance measurement and management information; Business process engineering; Modeling and simulation; Advanced scheduling approaches and decision support; IT systems to support global production . The book contains case studies as well as reports on research findings. The papers represent a summary of current issues which have been presented at the International Conference on Advances in Production Management Systems (APMS) in September 1999. This event was sponsored by the International Federation of Information Processing (IFIP), and was organized by the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK), Berlin. The authors are leading experts within the international community in the field of production management. Global Production Management is suitable as a reference for researchers and practitioners in global manufacturing, supply chain management, logistics and IT services, and consultants. It can also be used as further reading for advanced courses on management and manufacturing.

Book Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize

Download or read book Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize written by George Tesar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in generally expanding the understanding of small and medium-sized enterprises, especially understanding their strategies and operations to enter international markets, is growing rapidly among researchers and academics globally. Government officials, regional and economic specialists, and international trade advisers are directly involved in assisting small and medium-sized enterprises in developing their international marketing expertise. Motivating SMEs to Cooperate and Internationalize consists of research studies, cases, and experiences obtained by researchers and academics from managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Europe as they worked closely with managers on issues and problems leading to internationalization of enterprises. This book will map not only the attempts of small and medium-sized enterprises in Northern Europe to enter foreign markets, but also to understand how researchers and academics can help small and medium-sized Northern European enterprisers achieve their objectives. This compilation of approaches, perspectives, and experiences will serve as a resource tool for researchers and academics active in international management training programs worldwide and help illustrate how to close the gap between publishing results of their findings and efforts to disseminate their findings among managers of small and medium-sized enterprises in their domains. This book is the first attempt to integrate results of research studies and practices as an illustration of how knowledge of small and medium-sized enterprises has evolved since the 1980s with the contributions of individual researchers and academics in Northern Europe. It will be of relevance to academics and researchers interested in working closely with small and medium-sized enterprises to meet their goals in entering international markets.

Book EBOOK  Business to Business Marketing

Download or read book EBOOK Business to Business Marketing written by BIEMANS, WIM and published by McGraw Hill. This book was released on 2010-03-16 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EBOOK: Business to Business Marketing

Book Cooperatives in an Uncertain World

Download or read book Cooperatives in an Uncertain World written by Michael Ambühl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Contractual Networks  Inter firm Cooperation and Economic Growth

Download or read book Contractual Networks Inter firm Cooperation and Economic Growth written by Fabrizio Cafaggi and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book presents a legal and economic analysis of inter-firm cooperation through networks as an alternative to vertical integration. It examines comparatively various forms of collaboration, ranging from consortia to multiparty joint ventures and from franchising to dealerships. Collaboration among firms of different sizes helps to overcome numerousweaknesses of the modern western industrial systems. It permits the governing of vertical disintegration without increasing fragmentation and transaction costs and allows firms to benefit from resource complementarities, favoring division of labour. The contributing authors, primarily focusing on Europe and the US, address important ways in which legal systems provide a framework for inter-firm coordination. It is clear from the analysis that significant obstacles to collaboration still remain, and the authors call for legal reforms at European and Member States level.

Book Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology Based Firms

Download or read book Competence of Top Management Teams and Success of New Technology Based Firms written by Jan Brinckmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-01-17 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jan Brinckmann analyzes how competencies of founders of new technology-based firms affect the development of their ventures. The research is grounded in competence-related literature and combines insights from entrepreneurship and management research.