1. The value of networks Giovanna Ferraro and Antonio Iovanella Department of Enterprise Engineering University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

2. Networks are everywhere Networks Structure Processes Organization 3. Structure 2014 World Cup players Internet Human Brain Linkedin EEN 4. Organization Leadership Procedures and rules Perspectives 5. Processes Network Knowledge mobility Appropriability Stability Vitality and health Leverage Coherence 6. The value of the network Network Organization Processes Structure How misure it? How catch it? Value 7. Centrality Centrality measures the role of a member in the network. It is a proxy to measure membership according to the network structure It defines the correct meaning of the words hub and spoke 8. EEN as a network hub, members to which most of the others link to semi-spoke members that make a relevant contributions in getting great portion of the network together spoke members that are connectors for local portion of the system 9. Centrality measures Degree quantifies how well a member is connected to the other elements of the network Closeness measures how long it will take to spread information from a member to all others sequentially Betweenness reveals the members that are essential for connecting different regions of the network Eigenvector measures the members influence according to the number and the quality of its connections PageRank scales the members influence according to the number and the quality of its connections 10. 2012 EEN Centrality measures 11. 2012 - Centrality measures 12. So what? How to deal with the new complex environment? 13. Challenges for firms Its crucial: to define your role when you join a network or you are in a network (hub or spoke?) to design pattern of decisions to maximize managerial efforts according to your role in the network to get information on the network to determine your own role to acquire professional skills and competences to face and manage the new network environment 14. Thank you for your attention Giovanna Ferraro giovanna.ferraro@uniroma2.it Antonio Iovanella antonio.iovanella@uniroma2.it