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The goals of flexibility and globalization force enterprises to decentralize their activities and continuously (re)structure their network of relationships, with respect to their productive ”supply chain” as well as to their design and innovation processes. The scale of involved companies is often small, but, thanks to the synergies enabled by operating within a network, these companies are able to increase their competitiveness.
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Anastasi, G., Bellini, E., Di Nitto, E., Ghezzi, C., Tanca, L., Zimeo, E. (2012). Introduction. In: Anastasi, G., Bellini, E., Di Nitto, E., Ghezzi, C., Tanca, L., Zimeo, E. (eds) Methodologies and Technologies for Networked Enterprises. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7200. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31739-2_1
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