Impact of Hidden Networks in Business Systems

Abstract:

In general, networks in companies or between companies play a significant role for monetary as well as non-monetary enhancement through cooperation. The aim is a positive effect for reducing innovation cycles, reducing costs and establishing a well-balanced time to market strategy. Besides open networks, where every actor is known, the existence of hidden networks, internal as well as external, have a substantial impact on strategic and operational activities meaning either a contribution or threat for the actors outside the hidden network. With the new models introduced in this publication, actors in various environments are able to identify hidden networks in order to be able to push contributions or eliminate risks leading from profit cuts to illegal knowledge transfer.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 957)
• Pages: 247-254
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.957.247
• Online since: June 2019
• Authors: Markus Moritz, Daniel Fuchs, Marian Gheorghe
• Keywords: Business Network, Collaboration, Cooperation, Coopetition, Hidden Networks

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