Development Mechanisms of Strategic Enterprise Networks. Learning and Innovationin Networks

摘要

This study examines the developmental mechanisms of strategic enterprisenetworks, with a special emphasis on learning and innovation within networks. The aim of the study is to establish theoretical and practical bases for understanding and developing strategic enterprise networks. The study, carried out at VTT Automation using experimental developmental research methods, is based primarily on the analysis of case studies on the development of companies and enterprise networks. This study adopts the system view. The object of this study is the developmental processes within strategic enterprise networks and dilemmas of learning and innovation connected to networks. An analysis of the developmental problems of Finnish enterprise networks forms the starting point of the study. Special emphasis is placed on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The analysis of models of enterprise networks forms the theoretical basis for the study. The outcome of this study is the elaboration of a model of strategic enterprise networks.