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Networks define modern business. Networks introduce new risks (as seen by the rapid spread of contagion in global financial markets) and opportunities (as seen in the rapid rise of network-based businesses).
While managers typically view business through the lens of a single firm, this book
challenges readers to take a broader view of their enterprises and opportunities.

This book’s 28 original essays include

CK Prahalad on networks as the new locus of competitive advantage

Russell E. Palmer on leadership in a networked global environment

Dawn Iacobucci and James M. Salter II on the business implications of social networking

Franklin Allen and Ana Babus on contagion in financial markets

Steven O. Kimbrough on artificial intelligence, evolutionary computation,
and networks

Satish Nambisan and Mohan Sawhney on tapping the “global brain” for innovation

Manuel E. Sosa on coordination networks in product development

Christophe Van den Bulte and Stefan Wuyts on customer networks

Christoph Zott and Raphael Amit on using business models to drive network-based strategies

Yoram (Jerry) Wind, Victor Fung, and William Fung on network orchestration

Valery Yakubovich and Ryan Burg on network-based HR strategy

Howard Kunreuther on risk management...