Network Enterprises The Evolution of Organizational Models from Guilds to Assembly Lines to Innovation Clusters /

• Main Author: Dioguardi, Gianfranco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2010.
• Series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
• Subjects: Business.; Organization.; Planning.; Management.; Industrial management.; Industrial organization.; Business and Management.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Industrial Organization.

Building on the historical analysis of organizations and theories that have influenced their development, Gianfranco Dioguardi provides an insightful exploration of the network enterprise and its evolution from the Medieval guilds to the present innovation clusters of Silicon Valley, the Research Tr...

Table of Contents:

• Toward a Definition of the “Network Enterprise” Model
• The Complex Nature of the Network Enterprise
• Innovation and Service Provision in the Network Enterprise
• Outline of the History of Organization Doctrines
• The Production Pole: From Fordism to Toyotism
• The Toyota Spirit
• Strategies for the Network Enterprise
• Ethics and Social Values in the Network Enterprise
• The Enterprise Spirit and Culture in the Network Enterprise
• Enterprise Networks.