Using social networking technologies to implement adaptive business networks

Organisations are trying to address issues arising from organizational collaboration by establishing various business networks. Typically, such the mechanisms required for successful collaboration lack the characteristics of adaptability, flexibility, agility, innovation, value co-creation and co-evolution. In this research, various concepts of adaptive business networks are explored at four levels: organisation, strategy, business process and technology. The focus of the research is to define the proper definition of ABNs and investigate how they can ensure that companies synchronise their strategies with the rapid changes in the business environment through the use of information systems. Through a review of the literature, we identify problems, issues and requirements that ABNs are typically faced with. In order to address the problems, conceptual frameworks are proposed based on the identified requirements. To realise the conceptual frameworks, architectures are proposed using social networking and other technologies.