A large portfolio of modeling tools and theories, developed in different disciplines, have a
good applicability potential in collaborative networks. A brief survey of those promising …

Digitalization and the momentous role being assumed by data are commonly viewed as
pervasive phenomena whose impact is felt in all aspects of society and the economy …

Virtual enterprise integration (VEI) is virtually the most critical success factor for making
virtual enterprise (VE) a real, competitive, and widely implemented organizational and …

In order to design a system for managing performance in collaborative project-based
enterprises, it is necessary to undertake real-time monitoring of its business processes and …

This doctoral thesis analyses the evolution of digital technologies and methods for data
management systems applied to the context of extended enterprise. Nowadays, in the …

This chapter introduces the concept of virtual enterprise broker (VEB) supported by the use
of a “HUB” of integrated e-services as an enabling IT strategy to design and create smart …

This paper introduces the relative concepts of virtual enterprise, and proposes a practical
virtual enterprise architecture framework using business, application, and technology layers …

Design methods applied at the concept development stage of a design process help the
derivation of alternative design solutions so that, based on product requirements and design …

Given the advent of knowledge-based economies and virtual-enterprise business models,
enterprises get the knowledge not only from themselves but also from others. Distributed …

The interfaces among different organisational functions are often affected by barriers against
integration, particularly in the case of design and manufacturing. The relevance of …