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The area of Virtual Organizations as a main component of the new discipline of Collaborative Networks has been the focus of research globally. The fast evolution of the information and communication technologies and in particular the so-called Internet technologies, also represents an important motivator for the emergence of new forms of collaboration. However, the research in many of these cases is highly fragmented, considering that each project is focused on solving specific problems. As such, there is no effective consolidation/harmonization among them in order to have an effective impact and facilitate the interaction among the involved experts.

This book represents a contribution to the consolidation of the already vast amount of empirical knowledge and practical experience. 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.

Virtual Organizations: Systems and Practices

Foreword

1: Concepts And Models
1.1 Brief Historical Perspective For Virtual Organizations;
Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh
1.2 Base Concepts; Mehmet Kürümlüoglu, Rita Nostdal, 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 Afsarmanesh

2: Infrastructures
2.1 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 Pawlak
2.4 Interior Facilities; Karsten Menzel

3: Implementation Issues
3.1 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
Damodaran

4: Case Studies
4.1 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
GLOBEMEN
GNOSIS-VF
iCSS
IDEAS
ISTforCE
MASSYVE
NIMCube
OSMOS
PRODCHAIN
PRODNET II
PROMINENCE
SYMPHONY
TeIeCARE
THlNKcreative
VDA
VLAMG
VOmap
Author Index
Subject Index