Agile Network Businesses: Collaboration, Coordination, and Competitive Advantage / Edition 1

by Vivek Kale

Overview

The emerging possibilities of information technology and data communication, the globalization of markets, and the ongoing specialization of firms have paved the way for network enterprises as an organizational model of collaboration and coordination across loosely connected individual companies. This book explores the varous types of business networks and explains the underlying technology used to create them. It covers customer newtorks, supply chain networks, manufacturing networks, and aggregator networks. Supporting technology includes enterprise process management, component architectures, and web services. The book also covers systems science to give readers a theoretical background.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498748322
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/20/2017
Pages:	498
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Preface

Acknowledgments

Author

Other Books by Vivek Kale

1 Smart Enterprises

2 Business Networks

Section I GENE SIS OF NETWORK BUSINESSES

3 Computer Networks

4 Distributed Systems

Section II ROAD TO NETWORK BUSINESSES

5 Systems Science, Complexity, and Networks

6 Enterprise Networks

7 Agent Systems

8 Cloud Computing

9 Big Data Computing and Graph Databases

Section III NET WORK BUSINE SSES

10 Network Enterprises

11 Management of Network Enterprises

12 Collaborative Network Enterprises

Section IV NETWORK BUSINE SES EXAMPLES

13 Supplier Networks

14 Manufacturing Network Enterprises

15 e-Business Networks

16 Platform Networks

17 Social Networks

18 Wireless Sensor Networks

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index