Business Networks In Ireland
by
Charlie Bess
InterTradeIreland just
published an 80-page report titled “
Business
Networks on the Island of Ireland”
(PDF, 2.65M). I
found it interesting because it categorized business networks into
three categories:
- Business networks – firms collaborating for a specific
purpose
- Development networks - firms associating with other firms with
the activity confined to the exchange of information or shared
services.
- Regional business clusters – groups of interconnected
companies, educational institutions, local authorities, local economic
development agencies, national government agencies and related
institutions that promote and enhance the value of a geographic
region.
The document goes on to draw a number of conclusions and recommendations
on the value and enhancement possibilities of business networks.
Since outsourcing is by its very nature a business network, these
kind of articles always interest me.
