Virtual enterprise integration : technological and organizational perspectives by Putnik, Goran, 1954-; Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela, 1964- instant download

Virtual enterprise integration : technological and organizational perspectives by Putnik, Goran, 1954-; Cruz-Cunha, Maria Manuela, 1964- instant download

1 online resource (1 volume), Virtual Enterprise Integration: Technological and Organizational Perspectives addresses the emergent research and development issues for the most-advanced enterprise organizational paradigm of today's world - the virtual enterprise paradigm. Virtual enterprise is characterized as a dynamic agile network of independent enterprises sharing all resources, including knowledge, market, and customers, in order to be permanently aligned with the highly demanding and global dynamic market. This book is a guide that gives readers a broader perspective of VE integration requirements and raises their awareness on which technology and how technology can serve the needs of an expanding and increasingly competitive organizational model, Includes bibliographical references and index, Print version record, Preface; Chapter I Virtual Enterprise Integration: Challenges of a New Paradigm; Chapter II Virtuality and the Future of Organizations; Chapter III Collaborative Networked Organizations for Eco-Consistent Supply Chains; Chapter IV Business Alignment Requirements and Dynamic Organizations; Chapter V Collaborative Network Models: Overview and Functional Requirements; Chapter VI BM_Virtual Enterprise: A Model for Dynamics and Virtuality; Chapter VII Market of Resources as a Virtual Enterprise Integration Enabler; Chapter VIII Broker Performance for Agile/Virtual Enterprise Integration, Chapter IX Integration in Cooperative Distributed Systems: Privacy-Based Brokering Architecture for Virtual EnterprisesChapter X Dynamic Contract Generation for Dynamic Business Relationships; Chapter XI Contributions to an Electronic Institution Supporting Virtual Enterprises' Life Cycle; Chapter XII Use of Situation Room Analysis to Enhance Business Integration Aspects of a Virtual Enterprise; Chapter XIII Virtual Enterprise Coalition Strategy with Game Theoretic Multiagent Paradigm; Chapter XIV Semantic Distance, the Next Step?, Chapter XV IT Infrastructures and…