{"id":4100,"date":"2009-12-11T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-10T11:06:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-12-10T17:06:12","modified_gmt":"2009-12-10T11:06:12","slug":"individual_allegiance_moves_aw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/individual_allegiance_moves_aw\/","title":{"rendered":"Individual allegiance moves away from firms&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8230;and toward networks and network platforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Are you Windows or are you Mac?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"nr-emphasis-less\">This shift to network loyalty makes the potential of any network we might want to join a key issue.<\/span> Is the network waxing or waning? Is the upside potential meager or tremendous? Is the network open or closed?<\/p>\n<p>When given the choice between closed or open systems, <span class=\"nr-highlight\">consumers show a fierce enthusiasm for open architectures<\/span>. They choose the open again and again because an open system has more potential upside than a closed one. There are more sources from which to recruit members and more nodes with which to intersect.<\/p>\n<p>Identifying the preferred network to do business in is now a major chore for firms. Because more and more of a firm&#8217;s future lies in its networks, firms must evaluate a network&#8217;s relative open- and closedness, its circulation, its ability to adapt. Consultant John Hagel says, <span class=\"nr-emphasis\">&#8220;A web limits risk.<\/span> It allows companies to make irreversible investments in the face of technological uncertainty. Companies in a web enjoy expanding sourcing and distribution options, while their fixed investment and skill requirements fall.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and toward networks and network platforms. Are you Windows or are you Mac? This shift to network loyalty makes the potential of any network we might want to join a key issue. Is the network waxing or waning? Is the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/individual_allegiance_moves_aw\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[201],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4100\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/newrules\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}