The network experience : new value from smart business networks

Digital networking technologies are empowering organizations to form dynamic networks, generating exceptional or 'smart' results. These Smart Business Networks (SBNs) enable individual organizations to compete more effectively and to respond better to a changing world. This idea attracted a diverse group of academic scholars and business professionals to Beijing from May 19-23, 2008, hosted by Tsinghua University. They discovered new ways to manage network resources, operate business processes across a network, create a business operations platform, understand the importance of network position and the smart mastering of technology. Effective managers, they concluded, must have a firm understanding of these fundamental network concepts in order to orchestrate the networks of the future. This book presents the results of an intense and energizing event which resulted in new theoretical foundations and practical insights.

Jan BaanTheo BoutsGeorge YipPeter H. M. Vervest and Li ZhengPeter H. M. Vervest and Diederik W. van Liere and Al DunnJon PykeSteven L. Goldman and Roger N. Nagel and Brian D. Davison and Patrick D. SchmidKul Bhushan C. SaxenaDavid A. Bray and Benn R. KonsynskiDuncan R. Shaw and Christopher P. HollandKelly Lyman and Nathan Caswell and Alain BiemAura Reggiani and Peter Nijkamp and Alessandro CentoPeter J. van Baalen and Paul C. van FenemaJens Ove RiisMark Greeven and Zhao XiaodongJohannes MeuerKul Bhushan C. SaxenaJan Stentoft Arlbjorn and Torben Damgaard and Anders HaugOtto R. Koppius and Arnoud J. van de LaakMarcel van Oosterhout and Ellen Koenen and Eric van HeckOtto R. KoppiusXavier BusquetsAmit Basu and Steve MuylleJens Ove Riis

Preface: The Process Challenge	p. v
Preface: The Business Challenge	p. vii
Preface: The Academic Challenge	p. ix
Setting the Scene	p. 1
1 The Network Experience - New Value from Smart Business Networks	p. 3
2 The Network Factor - How to Remain Competitive	p. 15
3 Process Management in Business Networks	p. 37
4 Next Generation Agility: Smart Business and Smart Communities	p. 49
5 The Actors	p. 57
Network Essentials	p. 65
6 Business Process Management in a Smart Business Network Environment	p. 69
7 Towards Self-Organizing Smart Business Networks - Let's Create 'Life' from Inert Information	p. 83
8 Strategy, Networks and Systems in the Global Translation Services Market	p. 99
9 Business Value Network Concepts for the Extended Enterprise	p. 119
Networks in Action	p. 137
10 Connectivity and Competition in Airline Networks	p. 141
11 Fighting SARS with a Hastily Formed Network	p. 165
12 Smart Business Networks with Chinese CharacteristicsBarbara Krug and Hans Hendrischke
Review of "Smart Business Networks with Chinese Characteristics"	p. 179
13 Innovation, Competences and the Role of Knowledge Networks in Hangzhou's Software Industry	p. 193
14 Smart Business Network in Non-Modular Industries	p. 211
Network Enablers	p. 229
15 Flexible Decision Support in a Dynamic Business NetworkJohn Collins and Wolfgang Ketter and Maria Gini
Review of "Flexible Decision Support in a Dynamic Business Network"	p. 233
16 Key Success Factors for ICT-System Implementation in SME's	p. 249
17 The Quick-Connect Capability and Its Antecedents	p. 267
18 The Adoption of Grid Technology and Its Perceived Impact on Agility	p. 285
Network Orchestration	p. 301
19 Why Smart Business Networks Continue and Develop: A Structural and Processual Model of Value FlowsDuncan R. Shaw
Review of "Why Smart Business Networks Continue and Develop: A Structural and Processual Model of Value Flows"	p. 305
20 Orchestrating Smart Business Networks	p. 327
21 Electronic Intermediaries in Smart Business Networks	p. 337
22 Shared Visions in Smart Business Networks	p. 347
Index	p. 363

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