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analytics, vocabulary, methods, tools and techniques. All are
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A Value Network Model for Strategic Analysis
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new framework for modeling value network of inter-organization
interactions. We propose a set of building blocks elements of
the model made of economic entities and offering transfers and
describe a methodology that configures a business or
organization network based on maximizing the consumption of the
common value proposition.
Alain Biem
and Nathan Caswell,
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.
(March 2008) |
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Sign It! Why
Contracts Fail and What to Do About It
- Successful contract-based business relationships need to
achieve a balanced focus on what is in the contract and what
isn’t. Delivering what’s in the contract is just the ticket to
the game. It’s what you do outside the contract that delivers
true customer satisfaction. by Cai Kjaer and
Dr Laurence Lock Lee of
Optimice. (March
2009) |
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21st
Century Pharmaceutical Research -
To answer the clarion call for
more innovation and productivity in Pharmaceutical research,
Paul J. Edwards applied the
ValueNet Works™ methodology to
the innovation story behind the new use of the drug
Viagra®. (January 2009) |
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Estimating Value in Service Systems:
A Case Study of a Repair Service System -
Globalization of the world economy has led to an increased
ability of companies to outsource the planning, design,
manufacturing, and distribution functions of their products and
services around the globe. It is leading the deconstruction of
formerly vertically organized companies and industries into
service systems known as value networks. This empirical
case research shows the value they deliver, how they deliver it,
and how value can be discovered and increased in service
systems. IBM Systems Journal (2008) |
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Net Mapping Report -
This report investigates
potential new tools and existing applications of network
analysis and network mapping to assist or facilitate human
rights work. It provides a very brief overview of some network
concepts, quick introductions to a number of relevant fields of
research, and some specific examples of how people are currently
using network tools for academic and applied work. (April 2008) |
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Wal-Mart
Value Networks -
See how Wal-Mart pops the
"Bentonville Bubble" using a network perspective and sustainable
value networks.
Stanford
Social Innovation Review (February 2008) |
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The Partnership
Scorecard -
By using value networks and
value network analysis (VNA)
the
Partnership Scorecard
(PSC) assesses the value flows at
the role level within partnerships. This assures stronger
relationships and far greater partnership resilience. PSC
achieves optimal business relationship ecosystems and more
successful partnership outcomes. Optimice Pty Ltd (February 2008) |
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Complexity of Service Value Networks:
Conceptualization and Empirical Investigation -
Discover
how service value is created in a network context. Understand
the structure and dynamics of value
networks. Learn the influence of complexity in the services
ecosystem.
IBM Systems Journal (January 2008) |
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Avoiding Extinction
- Are You Fit for Purpose? Being fit for purpose is fast
becoming a cliché. But what does it really mean and how can we
visualize this? David Meggitt (December 2007) |
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Value Networks: How Organizations Really Work
- Dr. Alexander Schieffe
Center of Excellence in Leadership and Learning (in Germany)
interviews Verna Allee. Published by the World Business Academy
in the Aug. 4, 2004 issue of Transformation and in Knowledge
Management Research & Practice (January 2005) |
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EU Innovation System (2007)
This 2007 report presents the conclusions and recommendations of
the evaluative study conducted for the European Commission. The
focus of the study is on understanding regional innovation as an
ecology that converts knowledge and value creation into
long-term competitiveness and economic growth. |
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EU Innovation System - Annexes
These
Annexes on the Final report present all the technical work
carried out for the 2007 evaluative study. Four different
methodologies were used: Intellectual Capital Assessment, Value
Network Analysis, the PACE toolkit (Project Assets, Core
competences and Exploitable items) and macro-econometric
Multivariate Statistical Methods. |
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Ministry of Defense Communities of Practice - Peter Scott
45 Slide Presentation - ValueNet Works™ Analysis has provided the Ministry of Defense with a useful 'lens' to look at the implementation of their CoPs, allowing a common language to be developed for generic roles and deliverables that are likely to occur across most/all of the MoD CoPs. |
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Viagra Value Network
- Paul Edwards
4 Slide Presentation - Source: Paul Edwards with input from Dr. Nicholas K. Terrett, co-inventor on the Viagra® patents and formerly with Pfizer Global Research & Development. |

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