The network challenge : strategy, profit, and risk in an interlinked world

Author(s)

• Kleindorfer, Paul R.
• Wind, Yoram J.
• Gunther, Robert E.

Bibliographic Information

The network challenge : strategy, profit, and risk in an interlinked world

Paul R. Kleindorfer, Yoram (Jerry) Wind ; with Robert E. Gunther

Wharton School Pub., 2009

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Networks and the Enterprise: Breakthrough Thinking and Actionable Strategies "This book presents an amazing collection of insights on underlying forces and ways to thrive in our post-Coaseian age-an age in which the centralized firm is changing into an agile and resilient network of participants. A must read for a world where unpredictability reigns supreme." -John Seely Brown, Independent Co-Chair of the Deloitte Center for Edge Innovation, and Senior Fellow at the Annenberg Center for Communication at the University of Southern California "I couldn't wait to get my hands on this research...I have already begun to put the ideas into practice in designing next-generation open innovation networks...the diversity of ideas and perspectives is truly amazing and will be a terrific resource to anyone seeking to move to new business models based on the power of networks for innovation, marketing, and creating and leveraging big ideas. Job well done!" -Larry Huston, Creator of the "Connect and Develop" program for Procter & Gamble, and Managing Director of 4iNNO, a major Open Innovation consulting practice "In our borderless world, every manager needs to understand the strategic implications of networks. For the first time, The Network Challenge brings together thought leaders from many fields-a team of experts as broad as the network challenge itself." -Kenichi Ohmae, author of more than 100 books, including the seminal work, The Mind of the Strategist, advisor on global strategy to foreign governments and scores of multinational corporations, selected by The Economist as one of five management gurus in the world. Networks define modern business. Networks introduce new risks (as seen by the rapid spread of contagion in global financial markets) and opportunities (as seen in the rapid rise of network-based businesses). While managers typically view business through the lens of a single firm, this book challenges readers to take a broader view of their enterprises and opportunities. This book's 28 original essays include CK Prahalad on networks as the new locus of competitive advantage Russell E. Palmer on leadership in a networked global environment Dawn Iacobucci and James M. Salter II on the business implications of social networking Franklin Allen and Ana Babus on contagion in financial markets Steven O. Kimbrough on artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation, and networks Satish Nambisan and Mohan Sawhney on tapping the "global brain" for innovation Manuel E. Sosa on coordination networks in product development Christophe Van den Bulte and Stefan Wuyts on customer networks Christoph Zott and Raphael Amit on using business models to drive network-based strategies Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Victor Fung, and William Fung on network orchestration Valery Yakubovich and Ryan Burg on network-based HR strategy Howard Kunreuther on risk management strategies for an interdependent world Paul R. Kleindorfer and Ilias D. Visvikis on integrating financial and physical networks in global logistics Witold J. Henisz on network-based political and social risk management Boaz Ganor on terrorism networks And much more...

Table of Contents

Authors xviii Foreword by Dean Thomas S. Robertson and Dean Frank Brown xxv Preface xxvi PART I THE NETWORK CHALLENGE Chapter 1 The Network Imperative: Community or Contagion? 3 Paul Kleindorfer and Yoram (Jerry) Wind Chapter 2 Creating Experience: Competitive Advantage in the Age of Networks 25 C.K. Prahalad Chapter 3 Knowledge as a Social Phenomenon: "Horse Holding" and Learning in Networks 37 Alan Kantrow Chapter 4 Cross-Cultural Leadership in Networked Global Enterprises 49 Russell E. Palmer PART II FOUNDATIONS Chapter 5 Social Networks: You've Lost Control 67 Dawn Iacobucci and James M. Salter II Chapter 6 Biological Networks: Rainforests, Coral Reefs, and the Galapagos Islands 85 Sonia Kleindorfer and James G. Mitchell Chapter 7 Information Networks in the History of Life 105 Robert Giegengack and Yvette Bordeaux Chapter 8 Artificial Intelligence: How Individual Agents Add Up to a Network 125 Steven O. Kimbrough PART III INNOVATION AND COORDINATION IN NETWORKS Chapter 9 Network-Centric Innovation: Four Strategies for Tapping the Global Brain 147 Satish Nambisan and Mohan Sawhney Chapter 10 Coordination Networks in Product Development 165 Manuel E. Sosa Chapter 11 Organizational Design: Balancing Search and Stability in Strategic Decision Making 185 Jan W. Rivkin and Nicolaj Siggelkow PART IV STRATEGY AND BUSINESS MODELS Chapter 12 Complexity Theory: Making Sense of Network Effects 207 Colin Crook Chapter 13 Supply Webs: Managing, Organizing, and Capitalizing on Global Networks of Suppliers 225 Serguei Netessine Chapter 14 Leveraging Customer Networks 243 Christophe Van den Bulte and Stefan Wuyts Chapter 15 The Business Models as the Engine of Network-Based Strategies 259 Christoph Zott and Raphael Amit Chapter 16 Extended Intelligence Networks: Minding and Mining the Periphery 277 George S. Day, Paul J. H. Schoemaker, and Scott A. Snyder PART V ORGANIZING IN A NETWORKED WORLD Chapter 17 Network Orchestration: Creating and Managing Global Supply Chains Without Owning Them 299 Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Victor Fung, and William Fung Chapter 18 Managing the Hyper-Networked "Instant Messaging" Generation in the Work Force 317 Eric K. Clemons, Steve Barnett, JoAnn Magdoff, and Julia Clemons Chapter 19 Missing the Forest for the Trees: Network-Based HR Strategies 335 Valery Yakubovich and Ryan Burg Chapter 20 Relating Well: Building Capabilities for Sustaining Alliance Networks 353 Prashant Kale, Harbir Singh, and John Bell PART VI NETWORK-BASED SOURCES OF RISK AND PROFITABILITY Chapter 21 Networks in Finance 367 Franklin Allen and Ana Babus Chapter 22 The Weakest Link: Managing Risk Through Interdependent Strategies 383 Howard Kunreuther Chapter 23 Integration of Financial and Physical Networks in Global Logistics 399 Paul R. Kleindorfer and Ilias D. Visvikis Chapter 24 Telecommunications: Network Strategies for Network Industries? 417 Kevin Werbach Chapter 25 Network-Based Strategies and Competencies for Political and Social Risk Management 433 Witold J. Henisz PART VII A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: CONTAGION AND CONTAINMENT Chapter 26 Terrorism Networks: It Takes a Network to Beat a Network 453 Boaz Ganor Chapter 27 Global Diseases: The Role of Networks in the Spread (and Prevention) of Infection 471 J. Shin Teh and Harvey Rubin Chapter 28 Lessons from Empirical Network Analyses on Matters of Life and Death in East Africa 495 Jere R. Behrman, Hans-Peter Kohler, and Susan Cotts Watkins About the Authors 513 Index 537

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Details

• NCID: BA91326649
• ISBN:
  • 9780137011919
• LCCN: 2009004106
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J.
• Pages/Volumes: xxvii, 559 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD69.S8
  • DC22 : 658.4/012
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Business networks
  • LCSH : Strategic planning
  • LCSH : International cooperation