This paper contributes to the identification and testing of factors important for the success of
open source software (OSS) projects. We present an analysis of OSS communities as virtual …

The current literature on virtual organizations describes a richness of different aspects that
contribute to the emergence of this new organizational form, like customer orientation, the …

This paper proposes the concept of the virtual enterprise broker as an innovative model to
design and create build to order supply chains. The build to order supply chain responds to …

Com a globalização da economia as empresas estão buscando diferentes formas de
cooperação para aumentarem a sua competitividade. Neste contexto, o conceito de …

In this chapter, the concept of the virtual enterprise is developed. A motivating case at the
beginning points to dilemma that acting manufacturing managers are facing. For the …

Much research has been undertaken to define what a virtual enterprise is and how it should
work. This paper addresses the specific question, how a virtual enterprise can be designed …

Distributed innovation processes (DIPs) are considered a new option to handle both the
growing complexity of new products and services and the speed in which they need to be …

The enterprises active in the industrial subcontracting branch are in a very competitive
market and support large pressures on their prices and delivery schedules. The arrival on …

The virtual organization is not (yet) the dominant organizational form. It is argued that part of
achieving a greater acceptance can be seen in the development and use of electronic …

Purpose–Research on the dynamics of Collaborative Enterprises Networks (CEN) lacks
consistency and industrial feedback. The purpose of this paper is to present insights and …