Title:	DATA TRANSFER PROTOCOLS FOR BUSINESS SOCIAL NETWORKING
Author(s):	Venko Andonov, Valentin Kisimov, Tsvetana Stoyanova and Nikolay Sterev
ISBN:	978-989-8704-15-3
Editors:	Miguel Baptista Nunes, Pedro Isaías, Philip Powell and Boyan Bontchev
Year:	2020
Edition:	Single
Keywords:	Business Social Network (BSN), B2B, Cross- Corporate BSN, BSN Logical Protocol, Web Social Protocol
Type:	Full
First Page:	37
Last Page:	44
Language:	English
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Paper Abstract:	The next generation technologies are based on the smart communication between different users and product and services providers. Thus, the sharing economy could be explained as a process of continuous exchange of the information and data packages between different stakeholders. In these terms, the global economy is described as a global computer network and unstoppable data transfer between each two elements – global Business Social Network (BSN). As the smooth Social Networking needs RULES for data transfer, the paper focuses not just on defining Business Social Networking requirements but on the main protocols for sharing information and for exchange data packages among the corporate participants of the BSN. Thus, the paper uses already defined three layers of the corporate BSNs as: Core layer of BSN, economic layer of BSN; social layer of BSN. 1.) Core Layer of Business Social Network (BSN) defines the elements for logical protocol of data transfer that are similar to Traditional Social Network (TSN), but works outside a single corporation. Core of the BSN is the cooperation, project specific teaming, and business and solution generation discussions inside in a corporate division from one side or between particular divisions from the other. 2.) Economic Layer of Business Social Network (BSN) express these elements of quantitative and qualitative indices of the business goals that are based on the function of the BSN. These indices are very important for the functioning of the contemporary sharing corporation and they could be neglected in the traditional corporations as: time saving; information partaking; social group participation and etc. 3.) Social Layer of Business Social Network (BSN) gives the image of BSN as “talking structure” that allows to the users to exchange their opinions, emotions and behavior that are usually forbidden for expression at the traditional corporate networking. The structure of the paper covers the next 4 elements: Introduction: the definitions of the sharing economy and digital platform’s solutions are given as well as the explanation of the framework of BSN is presented. 1. Business-to-Business (B2B) communication protocols: the architecture design of the BSN is explained and the main sets of communication protocols are given. Technical solution for the main B2B objects and their integration in BSN are proposed. 2. Web Social BSN protocols: these protocols are elements of the interaction of the partners BSNs and they are specific in digital era. They allow social network be accepted as a interoperable service that is decentralized and distributed across distinct BSN’s actors. Conclusions: the main results of the research are summarized in given architecture solution for a B2B BSN with two business partners participating in a non-centralized, distributed social network. Some limitations of the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) are also discussed.
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