Talk:Value network/Archives/2014

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.

Fully agree. This part should be revised, this is not a proper definition of Christensen's value networks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.82.238.182 (talk) 14:36, 12 August 2014 (UTC)

[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)

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