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“Using the Value Network methodology introduced new ways of approaching issues of scientific R and D and commercialization of scientific ideas."It is a practical method which involves thinking about the human dynamic to business success as well as deep analytics.” - Bernadette Doube, Director Project Ingenuity Ltd, former National Learning and Development Manager AgResearch Ltd
“VNA is an invaluable tool for anyone working with inter-organizational networks in particular. Its use of roles and exchanges produce a visual, thinking and conversation analysis that finally moves us fully into the network age.” Steve Waddell, Founder Networking Action
“Working with ValueNetworks.com and using the modeling has been very helpful in understanding the different roles that all the actors have in our regional innovation system. I know a lot of the supporting actors have used the results of the work in trying to improve their offers to the customers. Finding new ways of measuring success is necessary if we want to improve our innovation capacity in Skåne.” Carin Daal, Business Development Manager in Skåne, Sweden
Value Network Insights™ helps make networks visible and manageable.
Today, the number one priority for competitive advantage is innovation, and increasingly business networks are essential elements. We have pioneered a new approach to regional business development in Europe and the U.S. to define network support structures for regional innovation. This approach helps:
Corporations manage alliance networks for great value and growth.
Regional development agencies better foster business clusters and regional networks.
Global activist networks more effectively deploy and activate resources.
Challenge Met: Improving regional innovation support networks
The VINNOVA regional development agency in Sweden uses Value Network Analysis (VNA) to improve regional innovation support networks in the Skane region.
Learn more: Skåne Region Releases Value Network Analysis of Regional Innovation
Challenge Met: Monitoring and improving global networks and emerging industries
iScale (formerly GAN-net Global Action Network Network) – VNA is helping address changes in the global finance system and (in partnership with Omidyar Foundation) improve global networks working to prevent violent conflict and mass atrocities.
Learn more: Value Networks for NGOs and Social Good
Challenge met: Improving EU competitiveness-European Commission ICT-RTD
Research Programme FP7 – The European Commission invests billions supporting innovation networks across Europe. In a critical evaluation VNA identified four stages of network activation from idea to market. These four value network patterns were linked to economic performance and predicting Intellectual Capital formation at organizational and regional levels.
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Learn more: Activating Regional Innovation Networks: A Value Network Approach
Challenge met: Identifying effective healthcare networks
Healthcare Networks – The British Columbia Academic Healthcare Council (BCAHC) and CNNA (Collaborative Networks of North America) are leading an initiative to identify effective value network patterns in healthcare networks such as rural healthcare, pre-natal education and others. BCAHC is using the Value Network Insights™ application to compile a database of healthcare networks.
Learn more: Leading Healthcare in British Columbia
Challenge met: Bringing an innovation to market
Study of the Value Network that Brought Viagra® to Market – Dr. Paul Edwards, a VP with Boehringer Ingelheim, used the ValueNet Works™ modeling method to conduct a case study of how the breakthrough drug Viagra was brought to market.

Learn more: Boehringer Ingelheim VP Publishes Value Network Paper
Challenge Met: Mapping a changing industry landscape
Journalism that matters project – used value network analysis to map the present and future state of journalism.
Learn more: Value Network Map of the Emerging Newsroom and Journalism Ecosystem |