Establishing the Foundation of Collaborative Networks (eBook)

TABLE OF CONTENTS 6
TECHNICAL SPONSORS 12
FOREWORD 14
PART 1 TRUST ASPECTS IN COLLABORATION 16
TOWARDS ESTABLISHING TRUST RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ORGANIZATIONS IN VBES 17
FOSTERING R& D COLLABORATION – THE INTERPLAY OF TRUST, APPROPRIABILITY AND ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY
TRUST BUILDING IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTED BY COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE 37
PART 2 PERFORMANCE AND VALUE SYSTEMS 45
MEASURING COLLABORATION PERFORMANCE IN VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS 46
A CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR VIRTUAL BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS VALUE SYSTEMS 56
TOWARDS A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF VALUE SYSTEMS IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 66
PART 3 COLLABORATION NETWORK ANALYSIS 78
NETWORK ANALYSIS BY THE CODESNET APPROACH 79
ASSESSMENT OF COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS STRUCTURAL STABILITY 87
A DECISION SUPPORT FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 95
PART 4 VO BREEDING ENVIRONMENT ENABLERS 103
TOWARDS GOVERNANCE RULES AND BYLAWS FOR VIRTUAL BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS 104
ENABLING VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS IN A TECHNOLOGICAL DISTRICT 114
IN SEARCH FOR AN INNOVATIVE BUSINESS MODEL OR HOW TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THE NOWADAYS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT 122
THE ROLE OF UNIVERSITIES DEVELOPING NEW COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS: ANALYSING THE VIRTUELLE FABRIK, SWISS MICROTECH AND THE TENET GROUP 134
PART 5 ELEMENTS OF BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS MANAGEMENT 146
ONTOLOGY ENGINEERING IN VIRTUAL BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS 147
CAUSAL CROSS-IMPACT ANALYSIS AS STRATEGIC PLANNING AID FOR VIRTUAL ORGANISATION BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS 157
ASSESSING THE VALUE OF MEDIATORS IN COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS NETWORKS 165
PART 6 VO CREATION 173
A COMPUTER-ASSISTED VO CREATION FRAMEWORK 174
COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITY FINDER 188
AN ONTOLOGY-BASED APPROACH FOR SELECTING PERFORMANCE INDICATORS FOR PARTNERS SUGGESTION 196
MULTIPLE CRITERIA PARTNER SELECTION IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES 206
PART 7 e- CONTRACTING IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORK SCENARIOS 216
FUNDAMENTS OF VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION E- CONTRACTING 217
INTELLIGENT CONTRACTING: SOFTWARE AGENTS, CORPORATE BODIES AND VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS 225
AGENT-BASED CONTRACTING IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES 233
A LAWFUL FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTED ELECTRONIC MARKETS 241
PART 8 LEARNING AND INHERITANCE IN VO 249
TOWARDS LEARNING COLLABORATIVE NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS 250
IDENTIFICATION OF FORMS AND COMPONENTS OF VO INHERITANCE 260
ESTABLISHING AND KEEPING INTER-ORGANISATIONAL COLLABORATION. SOME LESSONS LEARNED 270
PART 9 ARCHITECTURES FOR COLLABORATION 278
A GENERIC STRATEGIC LAYER FOR COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 279
A PRIVACY-BASED BROKERING ARCHITECTURE FOR COLLABORATION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS 289
VIRTUAL POWER PRODUCERS INTEGRATION INTO MASCEM 297
AGENT-BASED ARCHITECTURE FOR VIRTUAL ENTERPRISES TO SUPPORT AGILITY 305
PART 10 MODELLING FRAMEWORKS FOR COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 313
TOWARDS AN ARCHITECTURE MODELING LANGUAGE FOR NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS 314
EVOLVING VIRTUE 322
BUSINESS MODELLING FOR KNOWLEDGE NETWORKS 331
PART 11 BUSINESS BENEFITS IN NETWORKS 339
DISTRIBUTION OF NETWORK GENERATED PROFIT BY CONSIDERING INDIVIDUAL PROFIT EXPECTATIONS 340
AN ESTIMATION MODEL FOR BUSINESS BENEFITS IN HORIZONTAL COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 348
EXAMINING THE ANTECEDENTS TO INNOVATION IN ELECTRONIC NETWORKS OF PRACTICE 356
PART 12 PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES 364
SUPPORT FOR POWER IN ADAPTATION OF SOCIAL PROTOCOLS FOR PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES 365
UNDERSTANDING USERS’ RESPONSE TO ONTOLOGY BASED SYSTEMS IN THE CONTEXT OF AN ENTERPRISE SPONSORED VIRTUAL COMMUNITY 373
CONTINUOUS MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL VIRTUAL COMMUNITY INHERITANCE BASED ON THE ADAPTATION OF SOCIAL PROTOCOLS 383
PART 13 CUSTOMER INVOLVEMENT IN NETWORKS 391
VIRTUAL CUSTOMER COMMUNITIES: AN INNOVATIVE CASE FROM THE MEDIA INDUSTRY 392
THE IMPACT OF CUSTOMER PARTICIPATION ON BUSINESS ECOSYSTEMS 400
SUPPORTING COLLABORATIVE WORK THROUGH WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES SUPPORT IN PATIENT CENTRIC VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS ( PCVOS) 408
PART 14 SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS 416
SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF TEAM DYNAMICS AND INTRA- ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN AEROSPACE FIRM 417
THE TACIT DIMENSIONS OF COLLABORATIVE NETWORK TRAFFIC 425
COLLABORATIVE SERVICES TO MAINTAIN ELECTRONIC BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS 434
PART 15 INTEROPERABILITY IN NETWORKS 442
TOWARDS SEAMLESS INTEROPERABILITY IN COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 443
BARRIERS DRIVEN METHODOLOGY FOR ENTERPRISE INTEROPERABILITY 451
AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE AND SIMULATION IN HEALTH CARE VIRTUAL SCENARIOS 459
COLLABORATION WITHIN THE TOOL- AND- DIE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY THROUGH OPEN- SOURCE MODULAR ERP/ CRM SYSTEMS 467
PART 16 COLLABORATIVE PROCESS MODELS 475
A CARTOGRAPHY BASED METHODOLOGY FOR COLLABORATIVE PROCESS DEFINITION 476
INTERACTIVE USER-CENTERED BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENTSERVICES 484
WORKFLOW TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING THE OPERATION OF VIRTUAL ISPS 492
PART 17 PROCESS INTEGRATION AND MANAGEMENT 500
INTRODUCING A COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS MODEL FOR EUROPEAN ERP VALUE CHAINS OF SMES 501
INTEGRATED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON IFC AND ISO9001: 2000 509
ENHANCING ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION BY USING MULTIFACETED SERVICES 517
PART 18 WEB SERVICES AND FUSION 525
APPLICATION OF THE FUSION APPROACH FOR ASSISTED COMPOSITION OF WEB SERVICES 526
SEMANTIC INTEGRATION OF BUSINESS APPLICATIONS ACROSS COLLABORATIVE VALUE NETWORKS 534
WEB SERVICE DISCOVERY IN A SEMANTICALLY EXTENDED UDDI REGISTRY: THE CASE OF FUSION 542
PART 19 COLLABORATION ENVIRONMENTS CASES 550
SUPPORTING MOBILE VIRTUAL TEAM’S COORDINATION WITH SOA- BASED ACTIVE ENTITIES 551
COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS WORK: A CASE STUDY OF TEACHER TRAINING 559
A KNOWLEDGE SEARCH FRAMEWORK FOR COLLABORATIVE NETWORKS 567
PART 20 PRODUCT- ORIENTED COLLABORATION 577
MAINTAINING DYNAMIC PRODUCT DESIGNS TO ENABLE EFFECTIVE CONSORTIUM BUILDING IN VIRTUAL BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS 578
DISTRIBUTED DESIGN OF PRODUCT ORIENTED MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS 586
VIRTUAL ORGANISATION IN CROSS DOMAIN ENGINEERING 594
PART 21 ADAPTIVE COLLABORATIVE FRAMEWORKS 602
COLLABORATION AND ADAPTATION IN SCHEDULING 603
VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR MUNICIPALITIES 611
A SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT UBIQUITOUS ENGINEERING PRACTICES 619
PART 22 EVALUATION AND MANAGEMENT OF COLLABORATIVE SUPPLY NETWORKS 629
ENGINEERING METHODOLOGY FOR ORGANISATION NETWORKS 630
A PROCEDURE FOR THE ANALYSIS OF INDUSTRIAL NETWORKS 640
THE EVALUATION OF COORDINATION POLICIES IN LOGISTICS SERVICES MARKETS 648
BUSINESS MODELS FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING IN TRANSPORTATION: AN APPLICATION TO WOOD PRODUCTS 658
PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY IN THE BUSINESS OF SOFTWARE: A MODELING TECHNIQUE FOR SOFTWARE SUPPLY NETWORKS 668
AUTHOR INDEX 678