DSNA: A DATABASE FOR NETWORK ANALYSIS DOTT.SSA BARBARA LIVIERI
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2 STEPS Objectives and progress report Understand what networks are
and what KPIs are used; Define the Goal stakeholders diagram and
elicitate requirements E/R Diagram Relational Model Access and
queries; Assignments Slide 3 Objectives and progress report
Networks and KPIs Goal- stakeholders diagram and requirements E/R
Diagram RM Access and queries Assignments Slide 4 OBJECTIVE The aim
is to develop a new tool, called DsNA (Database for Strategic
Network Analysis), which enables KPIs monitoring and benchmarking.
Why is this important? At the moment 50% of alliance fails, often
due to the lack of a comprehensive analysis that combines strategic
goals and KPIs.; Performance measurement and management have a key
role in the assessment of the achievement of alliance goalsand of
how the strategic partnership is affecting firms. How do we do
this? We need: a database, in which store all useful information on
firms, financial statements, KPIs and so on; a web interface to
allow access from stakeholders Slide 5 PROGRESS REPORT Work done
Information Model; Requirement Analysis; Research Plan; System
prototype. Results 2 published scientific contributions; 2 works in
progress Call for partnership: Commerce Chambers (CCIAA);
Retimpresa; Confindustria. Slide 6 Objectives and progress report
Networks and KPIs Goal- stakeholders diagram and requirements E/R
Diagram RM Access and queries Assignments Slide 7 NETWORKS AND
THEIR RATIONALES Which are the rationales that justify cooperation
between firms? Cost minimization Transaction cost theory Result
enhancement: firms cooperate in order to obtain resources or to
retain them Resource based theory Slide 8 NETWORKS AND THEIR
RATIONALES Worldwide Globalization Cooperation and networks SMEs
SBA (2008) Network agreements New competencies Exploit synergy
Quickly develop of new strategies for changing markets EuropeItaly
Slide 9 WHY A FIRM SHOULD DRAW A NETWORK AGREEMENT? Slide 10
IlSole24Ore Pmi.it Slide 11 HOW FIRMS ARE REACTING Number of
networks and involved firms Link Slide 12 WHAT INFORMATION CAN YOU
GET FROM THE AGREEMENT Firms involved; Contractual boundaries;
Goals; Steps to achieve them; Network related tasks; Rights and
obligations for firms; Economic and governance aspects; Time
interval. Slide 13 KPIS We can use predefined KPIs, among which:
and some more, defined in order to satisfy stakeholders goals
Several others KPIs could be defined, but they are difficult to
track when you dont work in the organization youre analyzing
Economic ratios ROEROIROSROAEBIDTA Financial ratios NFSDebt/Equity
Current ratio Quick ratio Slide 14 KPIS SOME EXAMPLES The easiest
way is to look at the financial statements, which are generally
restructured or presented in a different way from what Italian law
requires.financial statements Slide 15 Objectives and progress
report Networks and KPIs Goal- stakeholders diagram and
requirements E/R Diagram RM Access and queries Assignments Slide 16
STAKEHOLDERS Networks director Firms director Firms managers
Employee Researchers; Consultants; Networks Associations (such as
Retimpresa); Policy makers External subjects (e.g., banks) Slide 17
FIRMS GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION Goals Firms (managers and
directors) Pre-alliance phase G.1 Evaluating network suitability
for specific business goals Alliance-phase G.2 Firm assessmentG.2.1
Financial analysisG.2.2 Benchmarking G.3 Share information (costs,
suppliers, performance, ) Requirements G.1 Evaluating network
suitability for specific business goals (competitivity, fiscal
benefits, lower interest rate, improvement and increase of
advertisement, growth of R&D) R1 (DL). Information objects:
firms, network agreements, financial statements, items. (Stored
data) R2 (BRL). KPIs calculation rules, privacy anonimizazion,
(derived data) R3 (BRL). Visibility - managers and directors can
see (DD): their own analytic data; Information on other firms of
the network, depending on each firm choice; synthetic data of other
firms and networks; R4 (PL). Reports and dashboards on R3 objects
R5 (PL). Filtering, search, ordering and comparison on R1 objects
R6 (PL). Overall navigation Slide 18 NETWORKS MANAGERS GOALS AND
REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION Goals Networks managers G.2 Firm
assessment G.2.1 Financial analysis G.2.2 Benchmarking G.3 Share
information G.4 Network evaluation G.4.1 Projects assessment G.4.2
homogeneity G.4.3 distribution of benefits G.5 View statistics
(synthetic data) Requirements G.5 View statistics (synthetic data)
R1 (DL). Required info: network size, firm size, industrial
sectors, firms and networks age, performance trend, R2 (DL)
Information objects: Firms, network agreements, financial
statements, items, sector. R3 (BRL). KPIs calculation rules, trend
analysis and comparison, descriptive and inference statistics
indicators, privacy anonimizazion, R4 (BRL). Visibility: synthetic
data of other firms and networks; R5 (PL). Statistical reports on
R3 objects; R6 (PL). Filtering, search, ordering and comparison on
R1 information and R2 objects; R7 (PL). Overall navigation Slide 19
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS GOALS AND REQUIREMENTS Goals Researchers and
consultants are interests in all NMs goals, plus the possibility do
define new KPIs (G.6); Networks Associations and policy makers are
interested in synthetic data (G.5) Requirements Which requirements?
Slide 20 Objectives and progress report Networks and KPIs Goal-
stakeholders diagram and requirements E/R Diagram RM Access and
queries Assignments Slide 21 E/R DIAGRAM NetworkFirmSector Includes
Belongs to Network name Creation date From To Company name Start
date Sector name Code Financial statement Accounting period From To
Year n m1 n n m n Has m Item Value m n Made by Refers to 1 n Il
presente diagramma pu essere migliorato. Cosa modifichereste? Slide
22 Objectives and progress report Networks and KPIs Goal-
stakeholders diagram and requirements E/R Diagram RM Access and
queries Assignments Slide 23 POSSIBLE ASSIGNMENTS Build a part of
the website; Queries; Db. Slide 24 APPLICATION STRUCTURE:
THREE-LAYER ARCHITECTURE Presentation layer (interface and
interaction); Business rule layer: rules of access to data and of
data transformation (who has access to certain data and how data is
transformed) Data layer Data Entry Data Visualization e.g., forms,
web pages, maps, other UI objects Presentation Layer Data
queries/updates Data validation & processing Business Rules
Layer Relational DB Lists & Feeds Data Layer
