Networking is life itself for many leading edge firms. ... The ability to create, then manage and then disintegrate networks of assorted sizes and flavours is, arguably, core competence number one.

对于许多引领行业前沿的公司来说，关系网络就是公司的生命......毫无疑问，企业必须能够创造、管理并分解规模不一、风格多样的关系网络，这是企业核心竞争力的首要因素。

——Tom Peters