Complexity Theory and the Management of Networks

Edited by Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppina Passiante

in World Scientific Books from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: One of the challenges facing today's management is to develop theories and practices that address the dynamics of business networks. Complexity theory has much to contribute to this purpose. Thus, this volume focuses on exploring the emerging patterns of order and discussing the new management practices suitable to the network economy. Its presents a multidisciplinary analysis of modern businesses as complex systems and some managerial implications of managing complex networks in the knowledge economy. It discusses the impact of major forces that are altering today's business landscape, such as sweeping technological changes, unbundling of integrated structures, growing interdependence between once-independent sectors and increased unpredictability of strategy outcomes. The result has been and will increasingly be the dominion of complex interconnected networks in business.

Keywords: Networks; Complexity Theory; Management of Networks; Distributed Systems; Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
ISBN: 9781860944604
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 COMPLEXITY THEORY AND THE MANAGEMENT OF NETWORKS , pp 3-19

Pierpaolo Andriani and Giuseppina Passiante

Ch 2 A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING COMPLEX SYSTEMS , pp 23-27

Paul Cilliers

Ch 3 BIZSIM: THE WORLD OF BUSINESS — IN A BOX , pp 28-35

John L. Casti

Ch 4 "SIMPLE RULES" FOR IMPROVING CORPORATE IQ: BASIC LESSONS FROM COMPLEXITY SCIENCE , pp 39-52

Bill McKelvey

Ch 5 EXPLORING NEW BUSINESS INNOVATION LEADERSHIP PARADIGMS , pp 53-58

Aldo Romano

Ch 6 NEW ECONOMY, COMPLEXITY AND MANAGEMENT , pp 59-64

Enzo Badalotti

Ch 7 COMPLEXITY SCIENCE ON COEVOLVING BUSINESS WITH RAPID CHANGE , pp 65-73

Susanne Kelly

Ch 8 A COMPLEXITY AND DARWINIAN APPROACH TO MANAGEMENT WITH FAILURE AVOIDANCE AS THE KEY TOOL , pp 74-88

Ron Willis

Ch 9 TREASURY OPERATIONS IN A MULTI-NATIONAL OIL COMPANY: DIALOGUE ON THE METHODOLOGY OF USING NATURAL EXPERIMENTS IN COMPLEX EVOLVING SYSTEMS , pp 89-101

Eve Mitleton-Kelly and Marcus Speh Birkenkrahe

Ch 10 AN INCUBATOR OF BUSINESS INNOVATION LEADERSHIP: THE EBMS EXPERIMENT , pp 102-118

Giuseppina Passiante

Ch 11 THE "VIRTUALNESS" STRATEGY OF THE E-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCHOOL , pp 119-135

Valerio Elia

Ch 12 COMPLEXITY IN THE NEXT ECONOMY , pp 139-148

Robin Wood

Ch 13 A POST INDUSTRIAL NETWORK ORGANISATION , pp 149-154

Richard Hall

Ch 14 CAREERS, COMMUNITIES, AND COMPLEXITY THEORY , pp 155-162

Michael B Arthur, Robert J Defillippi and Valerie J Lindsay

Ch 15 DEVELOPING NEW PRODUCTS BY COMMUNITY OF DEVELOPERS IN THE WIRELESS INDUSTRY , pp 163-171

Chris Russell

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