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the n etworked. co-op. Business Model. Co-operative. Internet-based. Assumption:. Better quality products and services come from a focussed effort to deliver on your strengths and core competencies. S W O T. trengths. eaknesses. pportunities. hreats. Simple Idea. Networked Co-op.
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thenetworked co-op Business Model Co-operative Internet-based
Assumption: • Better quality products and services come from a focussed effort to deliver on your strengths and core competencies.
SWOT trengths eaknesses pportunities hreats
Networked Co-op Deliver on your strengths. Others cover your weaknesses. • Everyone ‘offers’ everything. You cover the weakness of others.
The Internet simplifiesthis kind of co-operation... especially in the delivery of ‘knowledge services’.
Manyservicescan 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 organizations • Lower overhead. • Shared R&D. • Shared marketing. • Focus on strengths. • Build on strengths of others. Don’t do everything, just offer everything.
Networked Co-op Benefits users / clients • Reliability. • Choice. • Interoperability. • Global integration. • The Network!
The Network! R&D. Content. • Service. .... is more than the sum of its parts. Access.
APC + Networked Co-op National. Regional. • Language. Global.
Direct dial modems Member x Member y Member z APC c. 1990 Member Quser contact conferences e-mail training documentation Expensive international phone lines.
The Internet APC c. 2000?
Member x user contacte-mail Member Q user contactconferences The Internet Member z user contactdocumentation Member y user contacttraining APC c. 2000?
APC = Networked Co-op? National Regional. • Language. Global.
Exercise! • Identify strengths for each member. • Identify ‘weakness gaps’. • List opportunities for co-operation. • List areas ‘overlap threats’. • Report back to group.