A Formal Analysis of Virtual Enterprise Creation and Operation

2011 ◽  
pp. 48-62
Author(s):  
Andreas Jacobsson ◽  
Paul Davidsson
Keyword(s):  
Formal Model ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Plug And Play ◽  
Ict Tools ◽  
Enterprise Creation

This chapter introduces a formal model of virtual enterprises, as well as an analysis of their creation and operation. It is argued that virtual enterprises offer a promising approach to promote both innovations and collaboration between companies. A framework of integrated ICT-tools, called Plug and Play Business, which support innovators in turning their ideas into businesses by dynamically forming virtual enterprises, is also formally specified. Furthermore, issues regarding the implementation of this framework are discussed and some useful technologies are identified.

scholarly journals Multilayer networks as embodied consciousness interactions. A formal model approach.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camilo Miguel Signorelli ◽  
joaquin diaz boils
Keyword(s):  
Formal Model ◽  
Conscious Experience ◽  
Formal Analysis ◽  
Mathematical Formulation ◽  
Multilayer Networks ◽  
Topological Network ◽  
Binary Operator ◽  
Algebraic Interpretation ◽  
Embodied Consciousness ◽  
Model Approach

An algebraic interpretation of multilayer networks is introduced in relation to conscious experience, brain and body. The discussion is based on a network model for undirected multigraphs with coloured edges whose elements are time-evolving multilayers, representing complex experiential brain-body networks. These layers have the ability to merge by an associative binary operator, accounting for biological composition. As an extension, they can rotate in a formal analogy to how the activity inside layers would dynamically evolve. Under consciousness interpretation, we also studied a mathematical formulation of splitting layers, resulting in a formal analysis for the transition from conscious to non-conscious activity. From this construction, we recover core structures for conscious experience, dynamical content and causal efficacy of conscious interactions, predicting topological network changes after conscious layer interactions. Our approach provides a mathematical account of coupling and splitting layers co-arising with more complex experiences. These concrete results may inspire the use of formal studies of conscious experience not only to describe it, but also to obtain new predictions and future applications of formal mathematical tools.

B2B, B2C and Virtual Enterprise Management Systems

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-127
Author(s):  
Yong Geng Chen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Enterprise Management ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Detailed Evaluation ◽  
Business To Consumer ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Business To Business

This research paper provides a detailed evaluation of the business concepts in Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce). The concept of E-Commerce defines the exchange of goods and services with monetary value between consumers and companies. E-Commerce is a web-based catalogue whereby buyers can possibly place order and sellers possibly accept payments. E-Commerce incorporates two forms of business: Business-to-Business (B2B) and Business-to-Consumer (B2C), which provides a definition of the commerce transactions between enterprises, such as between the wholesalers and the manufacturers or the retailers. B2C E-Commerce provides enterprises with the model which allows businesses to deliver purchasers to the relevant merchants and achieve from the commission rewards given by the merchants. This paper evaluates two forms of business with relation to management of Virtual Enterprises (VE) in the field of E-Commerce. The paper will end with an analysis of VE before projecting future directions for health of B2B and B2C in business.

Enabling the Shipbuilding Virtual Enterprise

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (01) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Richard W. Bolton ◽  
Paul Horstmann ◽  
Darcy Peruzzotti ◽  
Tom Rando
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cost Effectiveness ◽  
Data Management ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Team Member ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
The United States ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
The Us

Shipbuilding in the United States is characterized by large teams of suppliers and subcontractors who collaborate and support shipbuilders. It is important that these shipbuilding teams function as a single integrated organization: A Virtual Enterprise. The inefficiencies and impediments caused by each team member using their own choice of information technologies, software, data management and processes must be addressed to increase overall US shipbuilding efficiency and cost effectiveness. The NIIIP SPARS project is developing the information infrastructure and protocols to enable shipbuilding Virtual Enterprises that will improve collaboration and information exchange within the US shipbuilding community.

The Use of Customer Relationship Management Software in Meta-Enterprises for Virtual Enterprise Integration

2013 ◽  
pp. 245-259
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha ◽  
Goran D. Putnik ◽  
João Varajão
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Relationship Management ◽  
Customer Relationship ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Enterprise Life Cycle ◽  
Computer Aided ◽  
Management Concept ◽  
Enterprise Creation

To make the Virtual Enterprise (VE) a real, competitive, and widely implemented organizational and management concept, it is fundamental to assure that the requirements of this organizational model are achieved in the several phases of the Virtual Enterprise life-cycle. The support to VE (comprising design, creation, operation and reconfiguration) must be assured by meta-enterprises based on a broker and computer-aided tools, capable of managing, controlling and enabling virtual enterprise creation/operation/reconfiguration, which may represent a strong contribution towards the VE performance. The chapter introduces the VE model requirements, focuses one specific meta-enterprise environment called the Market of Resources, and introduces the incorporation of CRM in this environment as one of the computer-aided systems.

Cloud-Based Application Integration in Virtual Enterprises

2019 ◽  
pp. 46-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Carlos Martins Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Collaborative Network ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Application Integration ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Enterprise Information Systems ◽  
Integration Problem ◽  
The Individual

A key characteristic of a virtual enterprise (VE) is the heterogeneity of the applications that compose its enterprise information systems (EIS), since it builds on the EIS of the individual enterprises that are part of the collaborative network of that VE. This raises an application integration problem, which is even more serious than within any given EIS because a VE has a temporary nature, and therefore, integration requirements can change frequently. Current integration technologies, such as Web Services and RESTful APIs, solve the interoperability problem but usually entail more coupling than needed, since they require sharing data schemas between interacting applications, even if not all values of those schemas are actually used. The fundamental problem of application integration is therefore how to provide at most the minimum coupling possible while ensuring at least the minimum interoperability requirements. This chapter proposes compliance and conformance as the concepts to achieve this goal.

Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

2010 ◽  
pp. 645-662
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Cunha ◽  
Goran D. Putnik ◽  
Paulo Silva Ávila
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Organizational Model ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽  
Enterprise Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Enterprise Creation

The virtual enterprise model is an emerging approach in answer to the new requirements of the business environment, relying on dynamically-reconfigurable partnerships, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while being highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology, dictating a paradigm face shift to the traditional organizational models. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model,requiring enabling and supporting environments, at bearable costs. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable networking and dynamics in virtual enterprise creation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the chapter, and particular focus is given to the market of resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the virtual enterprise model.

Custom-Made Cloud Enterprise Architecture for Small Medium and Micro Enterprises

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Promise Mvelase ◽  
Nomusa Dlodlo ◽  
Quentin Williams ◽  
Matthew O. Adigun
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Enterprise Architecture ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Process Models ◽  
Virtual Enterprises ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
Ict Infrastructure ◽  
Micro Enterprises

Small, Medium, and Micro enterprises (SMMEs) usually do not have adequate funds to acquire ICT infrastructure and often use cloud computing. In this paper, the authors discuss the implementation of virtual enterprises (VE) to enable SMMEs to respond quickly to customers’ demands and market opportunities. The virtual enterprise model is based on the ability to create temporary co-operations and realize the value of a short term business opportunity that the partners cannot fully capture on their own. The model of virtual enterprise is made possible through virtualisation technology, which is a building block of cloud computing. To achieve a common goal, enterprises integrate resources, organisational models, and process models. Through the virtual business operating environment offered by cloud computing, the SMMEs are able to increase productivity and gain competitive advantage due to the cost benefit incurred. In this paper, the authors propose a virtual enterprise enabled cloud enterprise architecture based on the concept of virtual enterprise at both business and technology levels. The business level comprises of organisational models, process models, skills, and competences whereas the technology level comprises of IT resources.

Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 71-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha ◽  
Goran D. Putnik
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Private Information ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽  
Enterprise Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Enterprise Creation ◽  
Effective Integration

The Virtual Enterprise model relies on dynamically reconfigurable collaborative networks, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model, which claim for enabling and supporting environments, assuring cost-effective integration in useful time and preventing the risk of leakage of private information about products or processes. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable virtual enterprise creation/operation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the article, and particular focus is given to the Market of Resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the Virtual Enterprise model.

Environments for Virtual Enterprise Integration

2011 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Maria Manuela Cunha ◽  
Goran D. Putnik ◽  
Paulo Silva Ávila
Keyword(s):  
Communication Technology ◽  
Virtual Enterprise ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Organizational Model ◽  
Organizational Models ◽  
Enterprise Integration ◽  
Dynamically Reconfigurable ◽  
Enterprise Model ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Enterprise Creation

The virtual enterprise model is an emerging approach in answer to the new requirements of the business environment, relying on dynamically-reconfigurable partnerships, with extremely high performances, strongly time-oriented while being highly focused on cost and quality, in permanent alignment with the market, and strongly supported by information and communication technology, dictating a paradigm face shift to the traditional organizational models. Networking and reconfiguration dynamics are the main characteristics of this model,requiring enabling and supporting environments, at bearable costs. Some existing technologies and Internet-based environments can partially support this organizational model, but the reconfiguration dynamics can only be assured by environments able to manage, control, and enable networking and dynamics in virtual enterprise creation/reconfiguration. Several environments are introduced in the chapter, and particular focus is given to the market of resources, an environment coping with the requirements of the virtual enterprise model.

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