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With the rise of the industrial revolution in the 18th and 19th centuries came the need for businesses to collaborate and trust a wider range of people and other businesses. In business, risk sharing and resource pooling became more common as a way of "expanding the pie" and making more profit for everyone involved. A business network is a type of business social network which is developed to help businesspeople connect with other managers and entrepreneurs to further each other's business interests by forming mutually beneficial business relationships.
Nowadays exponential technology advances, greater consumer power and increased competition mean all industries face the threat of commoditization. The winners will act now, and build a strategic advantage that leaves their counterparts wondering what happened.
Some of representative types of networks emerged over time are: business voice communication on mobile phones, linked together by cellular networks or on Smartphones connected to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks; financial networks, specialized in printed money and...