Adaptation in natural and artificial systems
Adaptation in natural and artificial systems
Information rules: a strategic guide to the network economy
Information rules: a strategic guide to the network economy
Small worlds: the dynamics of networks between order and randomness
Small worlds: the dynamics of networks between order and randomness
The Economics of Network Industries
The Economics of Network Industries
The Rise of the Network Society
The Rise of the Network Society
International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology
Virtual organization for open innovation: Semantic web based inter-organizational team formation
Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
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The dynamic behaviour of networks such as business webs is complex and poorly understood. While this is well known, actual studies creating and applying methodologies to quantify and structure the networks both as static snapshots and dynamic, changing landscapes have been relatively few-given the amount of literature devoted to value chains, b-webs and supply/ demand chains.This paper describes a framework for analysis of the structures and dynamics of networked relationships typical in the Internet era. In the paper, a fusion of traditional social network analysis (SNA) methods with business strategies is presented in the context of a wider methodology for strategic network analysis (our "Rosetta Stone"). As a demonstration of this wider concept, a methodology that utilises the results of SNA analysis for determination of company roles in the network of partnerships/ alliances is presented, together with visualisations developed for the Rosetta Stone and a neural network analysis.The case study, examining a real-world network of strategic alliances between 87 companies in the ICT sector, shows in our opinion that the methodology introduced here is capable of capturing the essentials of business networks to provide information for decision makers. Wider applications, e.g. for a new strategic perspective on the mastery of demand/supply networks, are easily identified.