Practices for Network Management In Search of Collaborative Advantage |
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| Editor:
| Vesalainen, Jukka
Valkokari, Katri
Hellström, Magnus |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-49649-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2017 |
| Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | Price to be announced contact
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Book Description:
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Presenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-organizational relationships. The systems-framework builds on three institutionalized business practices: Networks-as-coordinated social systems, Networks-as-knowledge-creating platforms, and Networks-as-value-generating entities....
More DescriptionPresenting 17 tools developed through rigorous design science research, this book bridges the relevance gap within network management. In so doing, it proposes a novel system-framework and establishes a path towards a networks-as-practice view on inter-organizational relationships. The systems-framework builds on three institutionalized business practices: Networks-as-coordinated social systems, Networks-as-knowledge-creating platforms, and Networks-as-value-generating entities. Through these tools, Towards Relational Business Practices intends to propose a new managerial praxis and provoke new and improved frameworks and models for network management.