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,...

Collaborative Networks for a Sustainable World Aiming to reach a sustainable world calls for a wider collaboration among multiple stakeholders from different origins, as the changes needed for sustainability exceed the capacity and capability of any individual actor. In recent years there has been a growing awareness both in the political sphere and in civil society including the bu- ness sectors, on the importance of sustainability. Therefore, this is an important and timely research issue, not only in terms of systems design but also as an effort to b- row and integrate contributions from...