Processes and Foundations for Virtual Organizations Book

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	Foreword: Pursuing excellence in collaborative networked organizations
1	New Collaborative Organizations and their Research Needs	3
2	Collaborative Knowledge Networks - Reflections from a Performance Measurement, Complexity and Knowledge Perspective	15
3	Modeling the Structure of Collaborative Networks: Some Contributions	23
4	A Roadmap for Strategic Research on Virtual Organizations	33
5	Coconet: A Roadmap for Context-Aware Cooperation Environments	47
6	Vision E-Company: The Network-Centric Enterprises	55
7	Trust Building in the Creation of Virtual Enterprises in Mobile Agent-Based Architectures	65
8	Partner Evaluation and Selection in Virtual Enterprises Using a Profile Theory Based Approach	73
9	Requirements for an Agent-Based Approach to Support Virtual Enterprises	85
10	Order Acquiring and Processing in the Virtual Factory	95
11	Development of New Technologies to Enable the Creation of Virtual Enterprises in the Leather Sector	103
12	Ecosystem for Virtual Enterprise	111
13	Aricon Initiative: Barriers in Adopting the Virtual Enterprise Approach in the New Product Development (NPD) Context	123
14	The e-Business on Demand Life Cycle	135
15	V-Chain: Migrating from Extended to Virtual Enterprise within an Automotive Supply Chain	145
16	Towards an Engineering Framework for Networks of Firms	155
17	Foundation for Networking: A Theoretical View on the Virtual Organization	163
18	Organizing and Managing Virtual Enterprises: The ECB Framework	171
19	Building a Virtual Laboratory for Scientific Experimentation in Molecular Biology	181
20	Towards an Internet Enabled Cooperatives Manufacturing Management Framework	191
21	Pervasive Software Services for Dynamic Virtual Organizations	201
22	Virtual Community Support in Telecare	211
23	Underlying Its Business Processes with Flexible and Plugged Peer Systems: The Open Its-IBus Approach	221
24	Flexible and Plugged Peer Systems Integration to Its-IBus: The Case of EFC and LPR Systems	231
25	Agent Technology for Virtual Organizations	243
26	A Framework for Multi-Agent Modelling of Virtual Organisations	253
27	Using Competency Questions to Evaluate an Agent-Based Model for Virtual Enterprises	261
28	Organizational Semiotics: A Normative Agent-Based Approach to VE Modelling	271
29	The External Intelligent Infrastructure	281
30	Ontological Engineering for Corporate Knowledge Portal Design	289
31	Towards Adaptive Ontology-Based Virtual Business Networks	297
32	Towards Ontology Solutions for Enabling Interoperability in Virtual Enterprises	307
33	E-Business Interoperability Through Ontology Semantic Mapping	315
34	Basic Concepts and Approaches to Develop Interoperability of Enterprise Applications	323
35	Barriers to KM Between Organisational Cultures in the Face of Concurrent Enterprising: How to Overcome Them?	333
36	Knowledge Sharing and Advice Seeking in a Software Engineering Community	341
37	Applying Knowledge Management to Support a Virtual Organization of Mould and Die Makers	351
38	Integrated Product Development in Virtual Enterprises Supported by Web-Based Applications	361
39	Agent Based Dynamic Information Gathering and Organization for Distributed Product Development	369
40	Standardization of Machining Process Planning in Powertrain Production Using a CAD-Based IT-Tool	379
41	E-HUBs - Collaborative Engineering Enabled Through Web Broker Services	389
42	Two-Level Environment for Supply Chain Management	399
43	Partnering Mechanism with Adaptive Multi-Agent Protocol for Virtual Enterprise	407
44	Use of Gaming and Simulation to Study Self-Organising Behaviour of Virtual Enterprises	415
45	A Distributed Simulation Model for Inventory Management in a Supply Chain	423
46	Peer-to-Peer Process Integration in Virtual Engineering Organizations	433
47	Collaborative BP Engineering in Alliances of SMEs	441
48	Toward a New Abstraction Vocabulary for Process Modeling	449
49	Use of Workflow-Patterns for Process Modeling in the Building Industry	457
50	Development and Management of East-West European Extended Enterprises	467
51	Configuring Consumer-Demand Driven Supply Networks	475
52	A Case of Outsourcing in the Phenolic Resin Industry	483
53	Management of Virtual Enterprises: A Case Study of German Rapid Prototyping SMEs	493
54	Methodology on Product Life Cycle Challenge Management for Virtual Enterprises	501
55	A Study on Coordination of a Large Project in a Virtual Enterprise	509
56	Destion - A Dynamic Link Between Employers and their Employee Benefit Providers	519
57	Identifying Classes of Users to Facilitate Negotiation	527
58	Moving Co-Branding to the Web: Service-Level Agreement Implications	535
59	Innovative Trade Fairs for Incubating Virtual Enterprises	543
	Author Index	551