1 - A New Industrial Organization Approach -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Production Functions and Governance Functions -- 1.3. The Effects of Telematics on the Governance Function -- 1.4. Telematics and Alternative Modes of Governance -- 2 - The Emergence of the Network Firm -- 2.1. The Adoption of Telematics -- 2.2. The Uses of Telematics -- 2.3. The Network Firm -- 2.4. A Generalization -- 3 - Manufacturing Networks: Telematics in the Automotive Industry -- 3.1. From Mass Production to Flexible Production -- 3.2. The Fiat Group Case -- 3.3. Telematics in the Logistic Function -- 3.4. Telematics in the Engineering and Production Planning Functions -- 4 - Networks Between Manufacturing and Demand: Cases From Textile and Clothing Industries -- 4.1. Manufacturing Flexibility and Interaction with Consumers -- 4.2. Manufacturing Networks and Market Networks: The Benetton Case -- 4.3. Internationalization of Technological Assets and Demand Monitoring: The Miroglio Case -- 4.4. Shrinking Idle Times, Decreasing Working Capital and Growing Flexibility: The GFT Case -- 4.5. Problems and Perspectives -- 5 - Area Networks: Telematic Connections in a Traditional Textile District -- 5.1. The Role of Telematics in Industrial Districts -- 5.2. Telematic Experiments in the Prato District -- 5.3. Problems and Perspectives -- 6 - Interorganizational Networks and Market Structures -- 6.1. The Interorganizational Networks -- 6.2. The Impact of Telematics on Competitive Strategies and Market Structures -- 6.3. The Econornic Role of Standards -- 6.4. Voluntary versus Compulsory Standards -- 7 - Supply Conditions of Telematic Network Services and Public Policy Implications -- 7.1. Technological and Supply Push versus Demand Pull in Telematic Diffusion -- 7.2. Information Quality, Supply Conditions and Demand Factors in Telematic Diffusion: A Matrix -- 7.3. Technological Factors -- 7.4. Institutional Context, Telecornmunication Supply and Marketing Factors -- 7.5. The Structure of Value Added Network and Services in Some Industrial Countries: The Italian Paradox -- 7.6. Conclusions and Policy Implications.