Academic Publications: Collaboration
Visualization of Communication Patters in Collaborative Innovation Networks
Scott Dynes, Yan Zhoa, Peter Gloor, Rob Laubacher
CDS Working Paper Series 2003-1
Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs) are groups of self-motivated individuals from various parts of an organization or from multiple organizations, empowered by the Internet, who work together on a new idea, driven by a common vision. In this paper we report first results of a project that examines innovation networks by analyzing the e-mail archives of some W3C (WWW consortium) working groups. These groups exhibit ideal characteristics for our purpose, as they form truly global networks working together over the Internet to develop next generation technologies. We first describe the software tools we developed to visualize the temporal communication flow, which represent communication patterns as directed acyclic graphs. We then show initial results, which revealed significant variations between the communication patterns and network structures of the different groups. We were also able to identify distinctive communication patterns among group leaders, both those who were officially appointed and other who were assuming unofficial coordinating roles.
Paper in PDF Format (343K)
Topics: Collaboration, Communication, Innovation, Knowledge Management, Social Media
e-Business and Supply Chain Management
Seungjin Whang
M. Eric Johnson
Product and Operations Management, 11 (4), 2002
The web is having a significant impact on how firms interact with each other and their customers. Past stumbling blocks for supply chain integration such as high transaction costs between partners, poor information availability, and the challenges of managing complex interfaces between functional organizations are all dissolving on the web. In this paper, we examine how the web is changing supply chain management. We present a survey of emerging research on the impact of e-business on supply chain management including descriptive frameworks, analytical models, empirical analysis, and case studies. We classify the work into three major categories: e-Commerce, e-Procurement, and e-Collaboration.
Paper in PDF Format (69K)
Topics: Collaboration, Commerce, Internet / Connectivity, Supply Chain