The document discusses challenges related to networking, partnering and clustering for development. It notes that such approaches can enable new markets, jobs, sustainable development and profit through strategic partnerships, alliances, industrial districts and knowledge sharing. However, they require collaborative leadership and management of numerous aspects. Trends also show a shift to more virtual collaboration across borders. The goal is to develop appropriate models, methods and tools to create value through global knowledge sharing and networked cooperation.

1. Development ChallengesDevelopment Challenges
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Networking/Partnering/Clustering
ManagementManagement
Presented by:
Irena Rezec, Managing Director
WOTRA, Ltd.
TCI 2010 Annual Global Conference
New Delhi: 29 Nov – 03 Dec, 2010

2. Problems and/or visions and dreams and related reasons &
expectations vs. Networking/Partnering/Clustering approach
d t & l d hi tiand management & leadership practice
strategic partnership
strategic alliancecapital
k t cluster
industrial district
knowledge district
technology platform
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new markets
new jobs
sustainable development
profit
research production or consortium
joint venture
cooperative
value chain
public : private partnership
research, production or
knowledge capacities
economy of scale
innovativeness
diversification of products public : private partnership
extended enterprise
business network
knowledge network
learning network
diversification of products
and services
access to knowledge
new communication and
marketing channels
company
BSO
government
consultant
learning network
network of excellence
subcontracting
association
economic interest group
a et g c a e s
business growth
user demands
time pressure
social responsibility economic interest group
on-line communities
megacommunities
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green
complexity
crowdsourcing networldingcrowdsourcing networlding
collaborative leadership and management
collaborative working space open leadership
open innovation flat world borderless business
interclustering inter-organisational collaboration
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3. Numerous core aspects vs.
Networking/Partnering/Clustering approach
d t & l d hi tiand management & leadership practice
- General management aspects (e.g. HRD,
organisational, financial, marketing, legal –
f l )formal – statutory aspect)
- Regional aspects
- Sector-based aspects
Purpose aspects (e g internationalisation- Purpose aspects (e.g. internationalisation,
idea creation and innovation, informational
– informative, learning and knowledge
sharing aspect)sharing aspect)
- Other aspects (e.g. social – sociological,
psychological aspect)psychological aspect)
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4. Network’s lifecycle vs. Networking/Partnering/Clustering
approach and management & leadership practiceapproach and management & leadership practice
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5. Complexity & InterDependency vs. Knowledge Source,
and from Physical to Virtual presence and communication
TRENDS
and from Physical to Virtual presence and communication
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6. Management Trends
TRENDS
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7. Dynamics of networking/partnering/clustering management
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a research modela research model
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8. Our main development challenge
Today’s trend of
a “connected world of everything anda connected world of everything and
everyone from everywhere”
will initiate many changes and many challenges.
We see our challenge in developing and spreading
appropriate types of business, leadership,
management, organisational, research and business
support models methods and tools All these in such asupport models, methods and tools. All these in such a
way as to create added value for one or more of our
target groups to enable them to survive, win and even
enjoy the world complexity, diversity and heterogenity.j y p y, y g y
We can learn enormously from the newly shaped
connected world, and by combining skills and talents
and joining together we can overcome many of today’sand joining together we can overcome many of today s
problems. We believe, global knowledge sharing and
the development of
a culture of networking/partnering/clustering
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would bring a better and more balanced world.
Our goal is to contribute to this with all our knowledge,
experience, intelligence and a positive spirit.
"The greatest danger for most of us
is not that our aim is too high and
we miss it, but that it is too low and
we reach it."
Michelangelo
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Michelangelo

9. About WOTRA
• Year of establishment: 2002
• Specialisation domains:Specialisation domains:
– strategic management and organisation, and internationalisation of businesses;
– establishment and management of business networks and other forms of business cooperation
and networking/partnering/clustering;
– development of business support and regional or local economic development services;
– development of ICT, information, knowledge and intelligence based services and tools for
all the above mentioned domains;
– monitoring of future trends for all the above mentioned domains.g
• Target groups:
– private sector;
bli i h b i i i– public sector with business support organisations;
– membership-based organisations and/or any network-based organisational structure.
• Geographical target: globalg p g g
ACTIVITIES:
information | consulting | training | mentoring | research | publishing
innovative contribution to the development of:
new/next business, organisational, management and research models, methods and tools
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new/next business, organisational, management and research models, methods and tools

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