the n etworked Business Model co-op Co-operativeInternet-based
Assumption: Better quality products and services come from a focussed effort to deliver on your strengths and core competencies.
SWOTSWOT trengths eaknesses pportunities hreats
Simple Idea
Networked Co-op Everyone ‘offers’ everything. You cover the weakness of others. Others cover your weaknesses. Deliver on your strengths.
The Internet simplifies this kind of co-operation... especially in the delivery of ‘knowledge services’.
Many services can be: offered requested co-ordinated delivered charged for supported... over the Internet.
examples: conferences content management www services su consultations training (online + bookings) user support internal tendering... of possible co-op services.
Of course some things must be done locally!!
examples: primary user contact relationship building customization of services face to face training face to face support outreach and marketing... of local must do’s.
Co-opetition: Co-operation doesn’t have to mean the complete elimination of competition.
Co-opetition: It can also include working together to develop individual products and ‘market awareness’ while at the same time competing for individual clients.
Co-opetition: This is ‘co-opetition’.
Networked Co-op Benefits Lower overhead. Shared R&D. Shared marketing. Focus on strengths. Build on strengths of others. organizations Don’t do everything, just offer everything.
Networked Co-op Benefits Reliability. Choice. Interoperability. Global integration. The Network! users / clients
The Network! Service.Access. R&D.Content..... is more than the sum of its parts.
APC + Networked Co-op Language.Global. National.Regional.
APC c Member Q user contact conferences training documentation Direct dial modems Expensive international phone lines. Member x Member y Member z
APC c. 2000? The Internet
APC c. 2000? Member Q user contact conferences Member z user contact documentation Member y user contact training Member x user contact
APC = Networked Co-op? Language.Global. NationalRegional.
Exercise! Identify strengths for each member. Identify ‘weakness gaps’. List opportunities for co-operation. List areas ‘overlap threats’. Report back to group.