Virtual Organizations : Systems and Practices

A synthesis of results collected from the analysis of numerous projects and industry case studies is presented, with focus on: Principles and models, ICT infrastructures and tools, Implementation issues, and Case studies.

Foreword1: Concepts And Models1.1 Brief Historical Perspective For Virtual Organizations;Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh 1.2 Base Concepts; Mehmet Kürümlüoglu, Rita Nøstdal, Iris Karvonen 1.3 Modeling For Virtual Organizations; Herman Löh, Chunyan Zhang, Bernhard Katzy 1.4 Reference Models For VOS; Bernhard Katzy. Chunyan Zhang, Herman Löh 1.5 Ontology And Knowledge Management; Frank Lillehagen 1.6 Collaborative Networks: A New Scientific Discipline; Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh2: Infrastructures2.1 ICT Infrastructures For VO; Luis M. Camarinha-Matos 2.2 Emerging Technologies And Standards; Ersin C. Kaletas, Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Maria Anastasiou, Luis M. Camarinha-Matos 2.3 Security Frameworks; Jaroslaw Magiera, Adam Pawlak2.4 Interior Facilities; Karsten Menzel3: Implementation Issues3.1 Legal And Contractual Framework For The VO; Mark Shelbourn, Tarek Hassan, Chris Carter 3.2 Performance Measurement; V. Stich, M. Weidemann, A. Sennheiser, K. Glaubitt,M. Schnetzler 3.3 Socio-Organizational Issues; Yacine Rezgui, Jan Wilson, Wendy Olphert, Leela Damodaran4: Case Studies4.1 Survey Of Industry Case Studies; Roberto Santoro, Andrea Bifulco 4.2 VO In The Electronics Sector; Maciej Witczynski, Adam Pawlak 4.3 VO In One-Of-A-Kind Industry; Iris Karvonen 4.4 Virtual Organisations In The Service Industry; Kim Jansson 4.5 Virtuellefabrik.ch - A Source Network For VE In Mechatronics; Adrian Plüss, Charles Huber 4.6 VO In The Courier, Express And Parcel Industry; Holger Luczak, Voilcer Stich, Patrick Wader 5: Towards Structuring The Research On Virtual Organizations; Martin Ollus Annex: Reference Projects ALIVE BAP BIDSAVER CE-NET II e-COGNOS E-COLLEG EKMF eLEGAL e-MMEDIATE EuroShoE EXTERNAL FETISH-ETF GENESIS GLOBEMENGNOSIS-VF iCSS IDEAS ISTforCE MASSYVE NIMCube OSMOS PRODCHAIN PRODNET II PROMINENCE SYMPHONY TeIeCARE THlNKcreative VDA VLAMG VOmap Author Index Subject Index