It has become well known that the knowledge about key network members is essential for doing business successfully through online social networking sites. As of now, most studies targeted at identifying key members have used network structural centrality measures. Little emphasis has been placed on member activities to identify key members in a network; even though gathering and utilizing such ...

This paper presents the application of the sensitivity analysis techniques Design of Experiments (DOE) and metamodelling to the agent-based model AgriPoliS, which is a spatial and dynamic simulation model of regional structural change. DOE and metamodelling provide a more systematic analysis of results of complex simulation models. When summarising the results, it becomes clear that interest ra...

Knowledge network is one of the new strategies of knowledge management and it,s rationale of it is create synergy effects through a combination of effective human resources knowledge workers and knowledge bases of allied companies. Today, the face of complex structural issues and various stakeholders,s views to it, leading to increase use of software systems, particularly in managerial issues t...

We examine how firms discover effective competitive positions in worlds that are both novel and complex. In such settings, neither rational deduction nor local search is likely to lead a firm to a successful array of choices. Analogical reasoning, however, may be helpful, allowing managers to transfer useful wisdom from similar settings they have experienced in the past. From a long list of obs...

There is an emerging consensus that business models are systemic and transcend firm boundaries. Yet, existing research on Business Model Innovation (BMI) challenges focus almost exclusively on intra-firm factors such as capabilities, cognition and leadership. We explore challenges related to BMI by instead drawing on an open systems perspective on organisations. In particular, we argue that the...

Is firm behavior mainly driven by its environment or rather the characteristics of managers? We develop a cognitive theory manager fixed effects, where allocation managerial attention determines behavior. show that in complex environments, endogenous exacerbates effects. Small differences expertise then may result dramatically different behavior, as managers devote scarce way amplifies initial ...