Virtual Enterprises and Collaborative Networks: IFIP 18th World Computer Congress TC5 / WG5.5 - 5th Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises 22–27 August 2004 Toulouse, France

Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Emerging Discipline of Collaborative Networks....Pages 3-16
An Outlook of Future Research Needs on Networked Organizations....Pages 17-24
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A Modeling Approach for Designing Value Chain of VE....Pages 27-34
Role Based and Processes Based Modelling Approach for Organization Network....Pages 35-42
Odamy Extending B2B Integration Technology Architecture....Pages 43-50
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The Typed Domain - a Recipe for Creating Virtual Enterprises....Pages 53-62
Introducing Time Horizons to Enterprise Networking Architecture....Pages 63-70
Towards a Meta-Methodology for Collaborative Networked Organisations....Pages 71-78
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Harmonising Business Processes of Collaborative Networked Organisations Using Process Modelling....Pages 81-88
IDR: A Proposal for Managing Inter-Organizational Business Processes by Using Web-Services Oriented Architectures....Pages 89-96
Integration of a Contract Framework in BP Models....Pages 97-104
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A Multi-Agent Model Integrating Inventory and Routing Processes....Pages 107-114
An Operational and Secure Mobile-Agent Based System for Business Process Reconstruction....Pages 115-122
Software Agents as Legal Persons....Pages 123-132
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A Cybernetic Approach Towards Knowledge-Based Coordination of Dynamically Networked Enterprises....Pages 135-144
Knowledge Exchange in a Supply Chain Context....Pages 145-152
Inter-Organizational Knowledge Management. The Importance of Organizational and Environmental Context....Pages 153-160
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Ontology-Based Automatic Data Structure Generation for Collaborative Networks....Pages 163-174
Ontology-Services Agent to Help in the Structural and Semantic Heterogeneity....Pages 175-182
Enhancing Interoperability Through the Ontological Filtering System....Pages 183-190
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Smart Configuration of Dynamic Virtual Enterprises....Pages 193-204
Dynamic Configuration of Collaboration in Networked Organisations....Pages 205-214
Intelligent Supply Chain Planning in Virtual Enterprises....Pages 215-223
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Enterprise Negotiation Algorithm with Walrasian Virtual Market....Pages 227-234
Electronic Contracting in the E-Engineering HUB....Pages 235-244
Integrating Procurement, Production Planning, and Inventory Management Processes Through Negotiation Information....Pages 245-252
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Challenges in the Management of Virtual Organizations....Pages 255-264
A Comparison of Supply Chain Management Policies....Pages 265-272
A Business Model for Managing the Virtual Enterprise....Pages 273-280
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Promoting Trading Partner Trust in B2B E-Commerce Through the Use of Service Level Agreements and the Establishment of Support Centres....Pages 283-290
Why Management in System and Information Technology....Pages 291-300
The Formation and Dissolution of Organizational Networks: A Knowledge Management Perspective....Pages 301-310
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The Mskin CO-Engineering Net....Pages 313-320
Collaborative Infrastructure for Distance-Spanning Concurrent Engineering....Pages 321-328
Collaborative Engineering Communities in Shipbuilding....Pages 329-338
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Uncovering the Difference: Management of Collaboration in Communities of Practice and in Virtual Enterprises/Virtual Organisations....Pages 341-348
Knowledge Based Virtual Communities for Mobile and Collaborative Work in European Vehicle Repair Networks....Pages 349-356
The Role of Virtual Communities in the English Premier Football League....Pages 357-366
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A Reference Model for Global Software Development....Pages 369-378
Squads: Software Development and Maintenance on The Grid by Means of Mobile Virtual Organizations Using Adaptive Information Services....Pages 379-386
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SOCP2P: A Peer-to-Peer IPS Based SoC Design and Simulation Tool....Pages 387-394
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Novel Networking Technologies for Collaborative Networked Organizations....Pages 397-406
The Evolution of Inter-Firm Relationships and Impact on Communication Needs....Pages 407-414
A Grid-Enabled Security Framework for Collaborative Virtual Organisations....Pages 415-422
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A Synchronous Collaboration Server for the Construction Industry - The End Users’ Experience in the Collaborator Project....Pages 425-434
Web-Based Environment for Digital Electronics Test Tools....Pages 435-442
Manufacturing Automation Network’s Cooperative E-Space....Pages 443-450
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Designing a Hub to Offer E-Engineering Brokerage Services for Virtual Enterprises....Pages 453-460
P2P Infrastructure for Tourism Electronic Marketplace....Pages 461-468
A Web Interface for Accessing Scheduling Methods in a Distributed Knowledge Base....Pages 469-478
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Approach for Implementing Non-Linear Distributed Innovation Management Methodologies In Collaborative Industrial Networks....Pages 481-490
Exploring Sustainable Virtual Enterprises: Two Case Studies....Pages 491-498
The Aricon VE Readiness Assessment Approach in the New Product Development (NPD) Context....Pages 499-506
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Risk-Management of Product Development in Non-Hierarchical Regional Production Networks....Pages 509-516
Risk Management in Distributed Software Development: A Process Integration Proposali....Pages 517-526
Management of IT-Risks in the Context of Inter-Organisational Knowledge Management....Pages 527-538
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A Case Study of Governance in Public Sector ‘Virtual Organizations’: The Emergence of Children’S Trusts....Pages 541-549
Conferences as Virtual Enterprises....Pages 551-558
Web Services for the Footwear Sector in a Networked Context....Pages 559-566
Supporting a Public Health Care Virtual Organization by Knowledge Technologies....Pages 567-576
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Education on Virtual Organizations: An Experience at UNL....Pages 579-588
A Case Study of vo Education in Costa Rica....Pages 589-596
Mental Models as Enablers of Knowledge Sharing and Decision-Making in the Design Ofcollaborative Networked Environments....Pages 597-606