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Description :
Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions presents a collection of the most recent contributions in the areas of organization, knowledge, and technology management in the context of virtual enterprises. This book contains important and in-depth information on four dimensions: semantic, managerial, technological, and social. The semantic dimensions covered in this book are ontological and organizational approaches, concepts, organizational models, and knowledge management models. In respect to managerial dimensions, this book covers process management, integration management, relationship management, process integration, knowledge management, technology integration management, and information integration.
Knowledge and Technology Management in Virtual Organizations: Issues, Trends, Opportunities and Solutions presents the technological dimension by explaining the infrastructures and technologies to support technology and information integration standards and protocols. Lastly, this title highlights the social dimension, including human resources management, human resources integration, social issues, social impact, social requirements, and communities of knowledge.
Content :
Table of Contents
Preface
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vii
Section.I:.
Organizational.Requirements
Chapter
.I
Environments.for
.Virtual.Enterprise.Integration
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1
Maria Manuela Cunha, Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave,
Higher School of Technology, Portugal
Goran D. Putnik, University of Minho, School of Engineering, Portugal
Paulo Silva Ávila, Polytechnic Institute of Porto, Institute of Engineering,
Portugal
Table of Contents
iv
Chapter II
Service Engineering and Extended Artefact Delivery
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24
G. M. Acaccia, PMAR Lab, DIMEC, University of Genova, Italy
S. Kopácsi, CIMLAB, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungary
G. L. Kovacs, CIMLAB, Computer and Automation Institute, Hungary
R. C. Michelini, PMAR Lab, DIMEC, University of Genova, Italy
R. P. Razzoli, PMAR Lab, DIMEC, University of Genova, Italy
Chapter III
Offshoring: Evolution or Revolution?
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69
Nicholas Beaumont, Monash University, Australia
Section II:
Models and Architectures
Chapter IV
How Should Enterprises Integrate? From the Need to the Solution
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96
Alexandre Félix-Alves, INOVA+, Portugal
Chapter V
A Generation of Moderators from Single Product to Global E-Supply
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110
Jennifer Anne Harding, Loughborough University, UK
Keith Popplewell, Coventry University, UK
Hsiao-Kang Lin, I-Shou University, Taiwan
Chapter VI
Integrating Business Processes and Information Systems in an
Interorganizational Context
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136
Peter Rittgen, University College Borås, Sweden
Section III:
Virtual Organization Management
Chapter VII
The Organisation of Performance Measurement in an Extended Enterprise
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155
Paul Folan, National University of Ireland, Ireland
Harinder Jagdev, University of Manchester, UK
Jimmie Browne, National University of Ireland, Ireland
v
Chapter
.VIII
Process-Driven.Business.Integration.Management.for
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Collaboration.Networks
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190
Dominik Vanderhaeghen, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the
German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
Anja Hofer, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the
German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
Florian Kupsch, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the
German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Germany
Chapter
.IX
The.Role.of.
Ambiguity.in.the.
Transfer
.of.Knowledge.within.
Organizational.Networks
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211
Jennifer Priestley, Kennesaw State University, USA
Subhashish Samaddar, Georgia State University, USA
Chapter
.X
Systemic.Innovation.Capability:.
The.Case.Study.of.Embraer,.the.Brazilian.
Aircraft.Manufacturer
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220
Marcelo A. Machado, Prefeitura de Manaus, Secretaria Municipal de Ciência
e Tecnologia da Informação, Brazil
Chapter
.XI
I-Accounting:
An.
Adaptive.
Approach.(Method.+.Practices).to.
Account.for
.Intangibles
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240
Adamantios Koumpis, ALTEC S. A., Greece
Bob Roberts, Kingston University, UK
Section.IV:.
Technologies.and.Infrastructures
Chapter
.XII
Enabling.the.
Virtual.Organization.with.
Agent.
Technology
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258
Tor Guimaraes, Tennessee Tech University, USA
Chapter
.XIII
Enterprise.Organisational.Structure.Integration.and.
Service-Oriented.
Architectures
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279
Nicolaos Protogeros, University of Macedonia, Greece
Chapter
.XIV
Knowledge.Creation.and.
Adaptive.Collaboration.Based.on.
XML
.Web.Services
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292
Mayumi Hori, Hakuoh University Japan, Japan
Masakazu Ohashi, Chuo University, Japan
Chapter
.XV
Software.
Agent.
Technology.for
.Supporting.
Ad.Hoc.
Virtual.Enterprises
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306
Jarogniew Rykowski, The Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Chapter
.XVI
Business.Networking:
The.
Technological.Infrastructure.Support
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334
Claudia-Melania Chituc,Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
(FEUP), Portugal
Américo Lopes Azevedo, Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto
(FEUP), Portugal
About.the.
Authors
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354
Index.
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362
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