Talk:Value network
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This would be a more useful page if it interrelated with the rest of wikipedia - I note that there are no internal links from this page out to other terms. Edward Vielmetti 18:27, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
I have tried to rework the page over the last few days, but can't seem to get started. I now have a feeling why it is difficult to get this right. The page starts with a general description of what a value network is. At this point in time however, it is not really possible to give a factual definition that will do justice to the concept. The concept is young. The concept arose from very different angles. The current introduction to me seems like a compromis, htat tries to cover all different definitions in one single go. I would suggest writing an introduction that is more abstract, posing the value network as a new business model that has only recently emerged and is still in development. The sections that describe different thinker's cue on the value network is very valuable. What would also be welcome is some context describing why value networks are emerging as a business model. Adding relevant links to contextual information would make it complete for now. Why not invite the authors of the original subjects over to add some to the topic? Sergej71 (talk) 21:17, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
- Added links between section Verna Alee's Value Networks and value network analysis Sergej71 (talk) 08:46, 24 April 2008 (UTC) - Changed the first sentence to meet the Wikipedia style guide's terms of reference. Brought the title of the articel (Value Network) in line with the subject of the first sentence by changing thatsubject from plural to singular. Then shifting to plural in the second sentence.Sergej71 (talk) 08:59, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks Edward, makes sense. Will also do some clean-up. User:Jheuristic
[edit] References to Clayton Christensen, Fjellstad & Stabell
To me the whole article seems a bit strange :-) I am usually thinking of value networks in terms of the apparatus used by Christensen and F&S [1] to describe frameworks for thinking about value creations.
Christensen is (as far as I understand him) describing networks of business relationships (buyer/seller relationships mostly) used during the production of products.
F&S´s value networks are networks of consumers that are participating in some kind of interaction (i.e. driving cars on public roads). A value network in this setting is some kind of service, i.e. car insurance that enables the consumers to do their thing without taking on all the risk of driving on public roads. F&S´s value networks consists of some kind of contractual framework to join the network (insurance policies in this example), an organization to run the actual network (i.e. handle insurance claims etc.), but mostly it consists of the consumers doing their thing without much direction from the "value network provider".
Anyone think it would be a good idea to rewrite this page to include these versions of value networks? (and also linking to pages for Christensen´s and F&S other constructs).
From [2] page 36:
The concept of the value network - the context within which a firm identifies and responds to customer's needs, solves problems, procures input, reacts to competitors, and strives for profit - is central to this synthesis.
Christensen states (in footnote 6 on page 65 [2]) that the concept of value networks builds on Giovanni Dosi´s concept of technological paradigms [3]. According to Christensen, Dosi characterizes a technological paradigm as a "pattern of solution of selected technological probklems, ased on selectd principles derived from natural scinces on selected material technologies".
In [1] Christensen also refers to [4] as a primary source for material regarding his definition of value networks.
[1] Stabell, Charles B., and Øystein D. Fjellstad. 1998. "Configuring value for competitive advantage: On chains, shops, and networks" Strategic Management Journal 19. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/2193/ABSTRACT
[2] The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business (Collins Business Essentials) (Paperback) by Clayton M. Christensen (Author) http://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Business-Essentials/dp/0060521996/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-6373237-0004935?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1190541686&sr=8-1
[3] Giovanni Dosi. "Technological Paradigs and Technological Trajactories", Research Policy (11) 1982 147-162.
[4] Clayton M. Christensen and Richard S. Rosenblom. "Explaining the attacker´s advantage: The technoogical Paradigms, organizational Dynamics and the Value Network". Research Policy (24), 1995, 233-257
Rmz 10:04, 23 September 2007 (UTC)
Comment added by Rmz (talk • contribs) 19:16, 22 September 2007 (UTC)
