Comparing Strategies of Collaborative Networks for R&amp;D: An Agent-Based Study

Campos, Pedro; Brazdil, Pavel; Mota, Isabel

doi:10.1007/s10614-013-9376-9

Cited by 12 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“… Services (smart drilling service) are realized when the respective functions are used (drilling),  Functions are measurable and discrete variables (count of drilling),  Services are processes where resources (driller, platform, and customer) get integrated (in a range of time) and  Resources (driller) have functions (drilling) and other measurable performance indexes (costs per time, C02-footprint, energy costs). Other approaches, like agent-based approaches, may also be successful adapted for our purpose, but more likely for cooperation [20] and customer acceptance [21]. While integrating these approaches has been shown in [18], we concentrate on a novel generic way to simulate smart PSS from the provider's business model innovation perspective.…”

Section: Results -Supporting Pss Development By a Simulation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulating Impact of Smart Product-Service Systems

Zinke-Wehlmann¹,

Frericks

Kluge

2021

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Waves of digitalization and Industry 4.0 currently boost research and development activities for smart product-service systems. The usage of information technology within products (e.g., IoT) and services as well as processing big data leads to the development of novel product-service bundles like functional sales. One of the main barriers of smart PSS innovation is missing information on possible economic (cost/revenue) and ecological (environmental) impacts. This paper presents a novel simulation approach to overcome the named barrier. Methodologically, the paper is based on design science research to develop an appropriate approach. Our simulation model will be able to enhance transparency about the different forms and power of impact of smart PSS. Furthermore, the core of the new approach is the possible low threshold integration of existing data on business model and process model layers into the simulation. Finally, an existing use case demonstrates how the approach can be applied.

show abstract

Section: Results -Supporting Pss Development By a Simulation Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Simulating Impact of Smart Product-Service Systems

Zinke-Wehlmann¹,

Frericks

Kluge

2021

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The literature has used different terms to refer to the alignment concept in the CNs context, such CN participants' alignment [8], strategic alliance [9], collaborative strategy [10] or values alignment [11]. As regards the alignment in the specific context of strategies, different works have been developed, by considering in most of the cases the alignment of two particular strategies (table 1).…”

Section: Definition and State Of Artmentioning

confidence: 99%

Collaborative Strategies Alignment to Enhance the Collaborative Network Agility and Resilience

Andrés

Poler

Sanchís

2015

Risks and Resilience of Collaborative Networks

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Abstract. Over the last years, enterprises awareness towards establishing collaborative processes has significantly grown due to the benefits obtained when participating in a collaborative network (CN). This paper is a continuation of the work developed by Andres and Poler [1] in which a set of collaborative processes are identified. This paper particularly focuses on the strategies alignment (SA) process, highlighting its influence on the success of a CN. A preliminary framework is outlined to address the collaborative process of SA, consisting of a model, a method and a methodology. Highlighting the importance of the use of cloud-based systems to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to deal with the SA process. The implementation of the proposed framework allows identifying what are the strategies that are aligned and how its activation increases the network performance, resulting in more stable and sustainable collaborative relationships, and assuring the proper operation of the CNs.

show abstract

“…When carrying out this research the author realised that there is broad meaning of keywords referring to the alignment concept, i.e. values alignment , participants' alignment , strategic alliance (Cante et al, 2004), or collaborative strategy (Campos, Brazdil, and Mota, 2013).…”

Section: Piedade Et Al (2010)mentioning

confidence: 99%

An Approach to support the Strategies Alignment Process in Collaborative Networks

Navarro¹

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Manufacturing enterprises are more and more aware of establishing collaborative relationships with the network partners, due to the advantages associated. CN consist of autonomous partners, each one defining its own objectives and formulating its own strategies. The strategies diversity may result in conflict situations, among the enterprises of the same CN, since contradictions between the strategies formulated might emerge. These contradictions appear when the strategies activated in one enterprise negatively influence the objectives defined by other enterprises of the network. The lack of coherence and concordance among the formulated strategies leads to its misalignment. The connotations derived from the strategies misalignments affect the achievement of enterprises objectives, reducing their performance levels, and influencing on the wellbeing of the collaborative relationships established. If the conflicts that arise, derived from the lack of strategies alignment, remain on time and are not tackled, the strategies misalignment could lead, in the long term, to the breakdown of the CN. The success of obtaining higher levels performance in the CN is directly related with the activation of a proper combination of strategies in each enterprise belonging to the network. This thesis proposes a complete approach, consisting of a model, a method, a guideline and a set of tools, used (i) to identify the degree of alignment of the strategies, from a holistic perspective, and (ii) to propose the activation of the aligned strategies.The main aim of this thesis is to provide the enterprises appropriate mechanisms to remove the strategies misalignment problem, in order to establish long-term collaborative relationships. The proposed solution is based on a mathematical model, which allows to formally modeling the strategies alignment process, solving it through systems dynamic (SD) method. SD allows representing causal relationships between the strategies and the objectives achievement, within the complex system formed by the enterprises of a CN. A performance measurement scheme is provided to quantitatively measure the influences between the strategies and the objectives. Moreover, a simulation tool is used to automatically solve, in a computer program, the proposed model, assessing and supporting the strategies alignment process.The contribution of this thesis has been validated in two industrial pilots belonging to the food and automotive industry.

show abstract

Comparing Strategies of Collaborative Networks for R&D: An Agent-Based Study

Cited by 12 publications

References 18 publications

Simulating Impact of Smart Product-Service Systems

Simulating Impact of Smart Product-Service Systems

Collaborative Strategies Alignment to Enhance the Collaborative Network Agility and Resilience

An Approach to support the Strategies Alignment Process in Collaborative Networks

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About