This book provides the conceptual and operational tools for understanding the mechanisms for assigning a rating to a network of companies. In it, the author explores the rating systems of corporate networks and analyses the link between rating and an enterprise network.

Autorentext
Bernardino Quattrociocchi (PhD), is a research fellow at the International Franchise Centre at the Faculty of Business, Management and Social Studies, University of Westminster, London. He has taught within the Department of Management at the Faculty of Economics, University of Rome 'Sapienza' since 1997, covering topics including Business Administration, Logistic and Production and Corporate Sustainability. Between 2005 and 2010 he taught in the Faculty of Economics at the Universidad Del Salvador (USAL), Buenos Aires (AR), and also at the Simon Ohm University of Applied Science, Nuremberg, Germany, in 2014, where he taught a module entitled "Logistic and Productive Performance in Pharmaceutical Industry - Case Studies".

He is author of more than 100 papers, many of which have been included in scientific reviews and presented at national and international conferences. He has also collaborated in research projects with the Polytechnic of Poznan, Poland, the University of Seville, Spain, and the University of Millikin, Illinois, US. He is a member of the scientific board for Il Capitale culturale: Studies on the value cultural Heritage and Associate Editor of Practical Ideas in Economics and Finance. He is co-founder of Sinergica S.p.A., an academic centre for social and economic study.

Inhalt
Introduction
PART I LOGIC AND CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE NETWORKS

1. Enterprise Networks
   1.1. Enterprise Networks: A Survey Reasoned
   1.2. Literature Review
2. Classificazione Dei Network
   2.1. The Intercompany
   2.1.1. Types Of Networks
   2.2. Groups And Networks: The Reasons For A Separate Analysis
   3.Stimate Of Cohesion Between Companies In A Network
   3.1. The Social Network Analysis
   3.1.1. Graph Theory
   3.1.2 The Graph
   3.2. Density And Centrality
   3.2.1 Indicators
   PART II. GOVERNANCE AND PATHS ASSIGNMENT AND QUANTIFICATION OF THE NETWORK RATING
3. The Network Governance
   4.1 Network Coordination Methods And Connection Types Between Nodes
   4.2 The Relationships Within The Network Governance
   4.3 The Model Of Network Governance
   4.4 The Evolution Of The Governance Of The Network
   4.5 The Phases Of A Proper Strategic Planning Of Business Networks
   PART III. GUIDELINES IN CALCULATING THE PREMIUM NETWORK
4. Risk Of NetworkInsolvency
   5.1. The Theoretical Framework To Support A Network Rating
   5.2 .The Financing Of Business Networks
   5.3.Insolvency Risk And Financial Stability Of The Networks
   5.4 The Rating For Business Networks
   5.5. The Theoretical Framework To Support The Premium Network.
   5.6 Possible Paths Of Rating Assignment To Business Networks
   PART III. GUIDELINES IN CALCULATING THE PREMIUM NETWORK
5. Premium Network
   6.1 Definition And Meaning Of The Premium Network
   6.2 Qualification Of The Rating Of The Network
   6.3 Evolution Of The Network: The Italian Experience
   6.3.1.Elements Required And Optional Enhancing The Premium Network
   6.3.2. The Elements Needed
   6.3.3. Optional Elements Of The Network
   6.3.4. Other Optional Elements
   6.4. The Risk Profiling Of The Elements Of Judgment
   6.4.1. The Qualitative Elements Related To Business
   6.4.2. The Qualitative Elements Related To Governance
   6.4.3. The Quantitative Elements Related To Financial Aspects6.4.4. The Quantitative Aspects Related To Real
   6.5. The Proposal Of The Analysis Model
   6.6. The Role Of Banks In Financing Networks: The Case Of Unicredit
   References