Technologies for the Virtual Enterprise

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Technologies for the Virtual Enterprise Martin Ader, Workflow & Groupware Strategies, France The development of the Internet, coupled with the development of Technologies for Knowledge Management and Work Management, will have deep influence on the way economic actors play their role in the worldwide market place. This will lead to the development of a new form of economic undertaking, the Virtual Enterprises where sets of economic actors are associating their strengths to provide a specific service traditionally provided by a single Enterprise . Such a possibility will have, in the long term, deep influence on the economy and Enterprise development strategies. The purpose of this chapter is to show how this can modify the way work can be organized and conducted, to demonstrate how those effects enable competition between Virtual enterprises and traditional ones, and finally to give an overview of the conditions to make it happen.

Technologies for the Virtual Enterprise Martin Ader, Workflow & Groupware Strategies, France The development of the Internet, coupled …

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