Ebook: Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations: IFIP TC5 / WG5.5 Fourth Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises (PRO-VE’03) October 29–31, 2003, Lugano, Switzerland

Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations contains selected articles from PRO-VE'03, the Fourth Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, which was sponsored by the International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) and held in Lugano, Switzerland in October 2003. This fourth edition includes a rich set of papers revealing the progress and achievements in the main current focus areas:

-VO breeding environments;
-Formation of collaborative networked organizations;
-Ontologies and knowledge management;
-Process models and interoperability;
-Infrastructures;
-Multi-agent approaches.

In spite of many valid contributions in these areas, many research challenges remain. This is clearly stated in a number of papers suggesting a new research agenda and strategic research roadmaps for advanced virtual organizations.
With the selected papers included in this book, PRO-VE pursues its double mission as a forum for presentation and discussion of achievements as well as a place to discuss and suggest new directions and research strategies.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
New Collaborative Organizations and their Research Needs....Pages 3-14
Collaborative Knowledge Networks....Pages 15-22
Modeling the Structure of Collaborative Networks: Some Contributions....Pages 23-30
Front Matter....Pages 31-31
A Roadmap for Strategic Research on Virtual Organizations....Pages 33-46
COCONET: A Roadmap for Context-Aware Cooperation Environments....Pages 47-54
Vision E-Company: The Network-Centric Enterprises....Pages 55-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Trust Building in the Creation of Virtual Enterprises in Mobile Agent-Based Architectures....Pages 65-72
Partner Evaluation and Selection in Virtual Enterprises Using a Profile Theory Based Approach....Pages 73-84
Requirements for an Agent-Based Approach to Support Virtual Enterprises....Pages 85-92
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Order Acquiring and Processing in the Virtual Factory....Pages 95-102
Development of New Technologies to Enable the Creation of Virtual Enterprises in the Leather Sector....Pages 103-110
Ecosystem for Virtual Enterprise....Pages 111-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Aricon Initiative: Barriers in Adopting the Virtual Enterprise Approach in the New Product Development (NPD) Context....Pages 123-134
The e-Business on Demand Life Cycle....Pages 135-144
V-CHAIN: Migrating from Extended to Virtual Enterprise within an Automotive Supply Chain....Pages 145-152
Front Matter....Pages 153-153
Towards an Engineering Framework for Networks of Firms....Pages 155-162
Foundation for Networking: A Theoretical View on the Virtual Organization....Pages 163-170
Organizing and Managing Virtual Enterprises: The ECB Framework....Pages 171-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Building a Virtual Laboratory for Scientific Experimentation in Molecular Biology....Pages 181-190
Towards an Internet Enabled Cooperative Manufacturing Management Framework....Pages 191-200
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
Pervasive Software Services for Dynamic Virtual Organizations....Pages 201-208
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Virtual Community Support in Telecare....Pages 211-220
Underlying Its Business Processes with Flexible and Plugged Peer Systems: The Open ITS-IBUS Approach....Pages 221-230
Flexible and Plugged Peer Systems Integration to ITS-IBUS: The Case of EFC and LPR Systems....Pages 231-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Agent Technology for Virtual Organizations....Pages 243-252
A Framework for Multi-Agent Modelling of Virtual Organisations....Pages 253-260
Using Competency Questions to Evaluate an Agent-Based Model for Virtual Enterprises....Pages 261-270
Organizational Semiotics: A Normative Agent-Based Approach to VE Modelling....Pages 271-278
Front Matter....Pages 279-279
The External Intelligent Infrastructure....Pages 281-288
Ontological Engineering for Corporate Knowledge Portal Design....Pages 289-296
Towards Adaptive Ontology-Based Virtual Business Networks....Pages 297-304
Front Matter....Pages 305-305
Towards Ontology Solutions for Enabling Interoperability in Virtual Enterprises....Pages 307-314
E-Business Interoperability Through Ontology Semantic Mapping....Pages 315-322
Basic Concepts and Approaches to Develop Interoperability of Enterprise Applications....Pages 323-330
Front Matter....Pages 331-331
Barriers to KM between Organisational Cultures in the Face of Concurrent Enterprising: How to Overcome Them?....Pages 333-340
Knowledge Sharing and Advice Seeking in a Software Engineering Community....Pages 341-350
Applying Knowledge Management to Support a Virtual Organization of Mould and Die Makers....Pages 351-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Integrated Product Development in Virtual Enterprises Supported by Web-Based Applications....Pages 361-368
Agent Based Dynamic Information Gathering and Organization for Distributed Product Development....Pages 369-378
Standardization of Machining Process Planning in Powertrain Production Using a CAD-Based IT-Tool....Pages 379-388
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Front Matter....Pages 389-396
Two-Level Environment for Supply Chain Management....Pages 397-397
Partnering Mechanism with Adaptive Multi-Agent Protocol for Virtual Enterprise....Pages 399-406
Use of Gaming and Simulation to Study Self-Organising Behaviour of Virtual Enterprises....Pages 407-414
A Distributed Simulation Model for Inventory Management in a Supply Chain....Pages 415-422
Front Matter....Pages 423-430
Peer-to-Peer Process Integration in Virtual Engineering Organizations....Pages 431-431
Collaborative BP Engineering in Alliances of SMES....Pages 433-440
Toward a New Abstraction Vocabulary for Process Modeling....Pages 441-448
Use of Workflow-Patterns for Process Modeling in the Building Industry....Pages 449-456
Front Matter....Pages 457-464
Development and Management of East-West European Extended Enterprises....Pages 465-465
Configuring Consumer-Demand Driven Supply Networks....Pages 467-474
A Case of Outsourcing in the Phenolic Resin Industry....Pages 475-481
Front Matter....Pages 483-490
Management of Virtual Enterprises: A Case Study of German Rapid Prototyping SMES....Pages 491-491
Methodology on Product Life Cycle Challenge Management for Virtual Enterprises....Pages 493-500
A Study on Coordination of a Large Project in a Virtual Enterprise....Pages 501-508
Front Matter....Pages 509-516
Destion — A Dynamic Link between Employers and their Employee Benefit Providers....Pages 517-517
Identifying Classes of Users to Facilitate Negotiation....Pages 519-526
Moving Co-Branding to the Web: Service-Level Agreement Implications....Pages 527-534
Innovative Trade Fairs for Incubating Virtual Enterprises....Pages 535-542
Back Matter....Pages 543-550
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