Collaborative networks in action Collaborative Networks (CN) is a fast developing area, as shown by the already large number of diverse real-world implemented cases and the dynamism of its related involved research community. Benefiting from contributions of multiple areas, namely computer science, computer engineering, communications and networking, management, economy, social sciences, law and ethics, etc., the area of Collaborative Networks is being consolidated as a new scientific discipline of its own. . On one hand significant steps towards a stronger theoretical foundation for this new...
Collaborative networks in action Collaborative Networks (CN) is a fast developing area, as shown by the already large number of diverse real-world imp...
The fast progress in computer networks and their wide availability complemented with on one hand the "explosion" of the mobile computing and on the other hand the trends in the direction of ubiquitous computing, act as powerful enablers for new forms of highly dynamic collaborative organizations and emergence of new business practices. The first efforts in virtual enterprises (VE) were strongly constrained by the need to design and develop horizontal infrastructures aimed at supporting the basic collaboration needs of consortia of enterprises. Even pilot projects that were focused on specific...
The fast progress in computer networks and their wide availability complemented with on one hand the "explosion" of the mobile computing and on the ot...
Collaborative networked organizations, either as a collaboration among organizations such as virtual enterprises / virtual organizations, or collaboration among people such as professional virtual organizations, or even a mixed combination such as in e-Science, represent a very dynamic research and development area. Collaborative networked organizations - for which a growing number of case studies can be found nowadays in different sectors of industry, services, and even governmental organizations - provide a basis for cooperation, competitiveness, world-excellence, and agility in...
Collaborative networked organizations, either as a collaboration among organizations such as virtual enterprises / virtual organizations, or collabora...
A research agenda for collaborative networks Purpose. Many practical application experiments and pilot cases nowadays provide evidence on what works and what still remains as a challenge for collaborative networked organizations (CNOs). 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, most efforts in this area are highly fragmented, considering only some partial facets and not a holistic perspective that would be required....
A research agenda for collaborative networks Purpose. Many practical application experiments and pilot cases nowadays provide evidence on what works a...
New market trends and the emergence of the so-called Internet-based new economy' are leading companies to new forms of organization, mostly relying on privileged cooperation links. Nowadays, most manufacturing processes are not carried out by single enterprises. Rather, organizations feel the need to focus on their core competencies and join efforts with others, in order to fulfill the requirements of new products/services demanded by the global market. In a cooperative networked organization, every enterprise is just a node that adds some value to the process; namely, a step in the...
New market trends and the emergence of the so-called Internet-based new economy' are leading companies to new forms of organization, mostly relying on...
Progress in collaborative networks continues showing a growing number of manifestations and has led to the acceptance of Collaborative Networks (CN) as a new scientific discipline. Contributions to CN coming from multiple reference disciplines has been extensively investigated. In fact developments in CN have benefited from contributions of multiple areas, namely computer science, computer engineering, communications and networking, management, economy, social sciences, law and ethics, etc. Furthermore, some theories and paradigms defined elsewhere have been suggested by several research...
Progress in collaborative networks continues showing a growing number of manifestations and has led to the acceptance of Collaborative Networks (CN...
The area of Virtual Organizations as a main component of the new discipline of Collaborative Networks has been particularly active in Europe where a large number of R&D projects have been funded. Many projects and practical developments of collaborative networks have also been taking place in other regions, namely the USA, Australia, Mexico, Brazil, and Japan. 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...
The area of Virtual Organizations as a main component of the new discipline of Collaborative Networks has been particularly active in Europe where ...
The area of virtual organizations, and industrial virtual enterprises in particular, is attracting a large and growing interest both in terms of the research and development and the implementation of new business practices. An ever-increasing number of international projects and national initiatives have been launched recently. Most of the earlier efforts are focused on the development of supporting infrastructures, although more and more initiatives now pursue the exploitation of this concept in business terms. Being a recent research and development area, and in spite of the mentioned...
The area of virtual organizations, and industrial virtual enterprises in particular, is attracting a large and growing interest both in terms of the r...
xiv box for Balanced Automation, research in this area is still young and emerging. In our opinion, the development of hybrid balanced solutions to cope with a variety of automation levels and manual approaches, is a much more challenging research problem than the search for a purely automatic solution. Various research activities described in this book illustrate some of these challenges through the development proposals, assisting tools, and initial results. In certain chapters however, the balancing aspects are not yet achieved in the research area, but their inclusion in this book is...
xiv box for Balanced Automation, research in this area is still young and emerging. In our opinion, the development of hybrid balanced solutions to co...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2010, held in St. Etienne, France, in October 2010. The 91 revised papers were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They are organized in topical sections on sustainability, innovation networks, carbon efficient value networks, management of CNs in humanitarian organizations, collaborative network implementation, collaborative health networks, networking structures, partner selection and VO creation, modeling and managing competencies, trust and information,...
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 11th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2010, held in St. Etienne, Fr...
