A case of sharing competences via a Collaborative Digital Network

Author

Cheung, Y.P. ; Lee, V.C.S. ; Scheepers, H. ; Bal, J.

Author_Institution

Clayton Sch. of IT, Monash Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2010

fDate

2-5 June 2010

Firstpage

1067

Lastpage

1072

Abstract

Based on a successful implementation of a Collaborative Digital Network (CDN) the West Midlands Collaborative Commerce Marketplace (WMCCM, http://www.wmccm.com), this paper presents a breeding environment to enable stakeholders to innovate and gain competitive advantage in the global market. Stakeholders in a CDN form Communities of Practice (CoPs) and they collectively belong to an Electronic Network of Practice (E-NoP) formed via ICT. Business opportunities are gained via sharing of resources and core competences, including innovative ideas and capabilities. Three cases from the WMCCM are presented to illustrate the concept. Though aimed at rejuvenating failing SMEs in the UK, the WMCCM concept can be applied to other regions of the world. Current work involves developing theories for CDNs as well as extending the WMCCM concept to other regions of the world.

Keywords

electronic commerce; groupware; innovation management; West Midlands Collaborative Commerce Marketplace; collaborative digital network; communities-of-practice; competence sharing; electronic network-of-practice; Australia; Business; Collaborative work; Consumer electronics; Globalization; International collaboration; Laboratories; Search engines; Social network services; Technological innovation; Breeding environment; Collaborative Digital Networks; Innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6565-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-6566-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMIT.2010.5492890

Filename

5492890