karabeyeser f 201013150 everyone can talk about networks

Everyone can talk about networks

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National Innovation Networks

FormalNetworks

Entrepreneurial Networks

Ego Networks Regional

Networks

Infrastructure Networks

Social Networks

FAS.research

ElectronicNetworks

InformalNetworks

Networksof Practice Networked

organization

What is a network?

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A set of actors connected by ties

•Ties/Links−Knowledge, trust,

team, sit by, dislike, etc.

−Alliance, customer, investment, etc.

Tie

•Actors/Nodes−Individuals−Teams,

organizations, etc.

Actor

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Did You Know: Shift Happenshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=pMcfrLYDm2U

• How are these trends affecting you and your organization?

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…with skills in using social media tools to reach out…

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Rey 2008

Communication

Personal Media

Self-expression

Collective Intelligenc

eContent

Production

Liljeros 2006

Swedish hip hop artists

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What is the relationship between networks and

performance?

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Two individuals with the same number of contacts…

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BA

…but with very different access to resources

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BA

Bridging unconnected groups brings advantages

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•More rapid promotions•Greater career mobility•More adaptable to changing environments

Brass, Burt, Podolny & Baron, Sparrowe et al, Gargiulo & Benassi

Performance differs based on one’s network

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Firm A

Lowon-time

HighCreative

Highon-time

Low creative

Teigland 2003

Highcreative

Virtualcommunity

Firm B

…..you “hire” his or her network.

When you hire someone,…

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The strength of weak ties

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Network A’sknowledge Network D’s

knowledge

Network B’sknowledge

Network C’sknowledge

Granovetter 1973

History tends to repeat itself….

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Steam engine

Internal combustion engine

Microelectronics

Late 18th C Late 19th C Late 20th C

Schön 2008

Third industrial revolution?

Trust & reciprocity are essential for knowledge exchange in networks

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More social get-togethers and coffee breaks are not the solution

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Go meet someone different or far away

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Creating new knowledge sources…

ClosedExpensiveComplexAccurate

OpenInexpensiveSimpleClose enough

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