"Global business networks"

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Spis treści

List of abbreviations 7

Introduction 9

1.1. Network approach – the genesis and evolution of network thinking 15

Chapter I. Concept of a global business network in light of economic theory 15

1.2. Business networks as a type of regulation model 19

1.3. Attributes of a global business network – a comparison with other network models 27

2.1. Transnational corporations – the evolution of the business model 35

Chapter II. The structure of a global business network 35

2.2. The role of globalisation in shaping global business networks 42

2.3. A business integration model – the target structure of a global business network 47

2.4. Attributes of the orchestrators of global business networks 53

3.1. The systemic nature of an organisation’s layers of capital 59

Chapter III. Stratification of the capital of network organisations 59

3.2. An organisation’s knowledge capital – intellectual capital vs human capital 64

3.3. The importance of an “organisation’s knowledge capital” in its corporate strategies – based on research for industry sector leaders 72

3.4. Capital of the orchestrators of global business networks 85

4.1. The competitiveness of enterprises in light of the modern enterprise theory 95

Chapter IV. The competitiveness of network enterprises 95

4.2. The system of international competitiveness 103

4.3. The concept of the international competitiveness of enterprises 111

Chapter V. Assessing the competitiveness of global business networks 121

5.1. Selected methods of a multi-dimensional assessment of complex structures 122

5.2. A measure of the ability to create value-added – an aggregated assessment of GBN efficiency from the point of view of an orchestrator 132

Conclusions 143

References 153

List of tables and diagrams 167