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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254910203321

Autore

Walton Nigel

Titolo

The Internet as a Technology-Based Ecosystem : A New Approach to the Analysis of Business, Markets and Industries / / by Nigel Walton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9781137600776

1137600772

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIV, 168 p. 15 illus.)

Disciplina

658.872

Soggetti

Telemarketing

Internet marketing

Business information services

Management

Electronic commerce

Quantitative research

Digital Marketing

Business Information Systems

e-Commerce and e-Business

Data Analysis and Big Data

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

1. The Relevance of the Rational, Classical Approach to strategy in the ICT Sector: The Strategy Process -- 2. The Relevance of the Rational, Classical Approach to Strategy in the ICT Sector: The Strategy Content Approach -- 3. A Systems View of Strategy: Complexity, Chaos Theory and Poised Strategy -- 4. Ecosystems Thinking and Modern Platform-Based Ecosystem Theory -- 5. The Development of the Hydrothermal Vent (HTV) Ecosystem Model -- 6. Summary and Conclusion: A Summary of the Contribution Made by the Hydrothermal Vent (HTV) Ecosystem Model in Providing a New Strategic Perspective.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines and critiques classical approaches to strategic analysis, whilst exploring alternative methods which utilise ecosystem



and platform concepts, as well as chaos and complexity theories. The innovative study provides a critique of the neoclassical Newtonian school of strategy, and proves it to be largely inappropriate as a decision-making methodology in today’s internet-based market. By developing a new biological hydrothermal vent model in which analogical comparisons are made with the Information Communication Technology (ICT) sector, the chapters challenge existing paradigms of competitive advantage and analyse the extent to which the Internet can be considered to be an ecosystem in its own right. The Internet as a Technology-Based Eco-System offers a range of alternative models and analytical frameworks for the analysis of internet-based technology companies in the twenty-first century, creating a valuable tool for students and academics undertakingresearch in strategy, technology and electronic engineering.