Knowledge management and communication scheme are keystones of virtual organizations or virtual communities. Both concepts can be based upon the peer-to-peer approach. This point of view is highly suitable to address virtual organization issues because it emphasizes both autonomy and communication. A Virtual Knowledge Community is a dynamic set of peers or agents gathered around a common topic ...

The primary objective of this study was to expound the strategic significance of talent management with the help of a review of relevant literature. Virtual organization is one of the most flexible organizational forms that emerged as a direct result of advancements in information and communication technologies. In this form of organization, independent parties collaborate with each other to br...

Current research on virtual organisations focuses mainly on their formation and operation phases, devoting only little attention to the dissolution phase. These passages typically suggest that dissolution should occur when the organisation has fulfilled all its objectives or when it is no longer needed. This last definition is quite vague and hard to define, as the need for an organisation is n...

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) represent the driving force for local development and growth in European Less Favoured Regions (LFRs); geographical isolated areas characterized by poor business performance and a less developed and privileged economy. The introduction of e-commerce is considered as an essential element for improvement of local SME’s competitiveness and position in the Global...

Virtual organisation of work is not unproblematic. An extensive body of research exists on topics like virtual teams in enterprise contexts. Similarly, in a scientific context many studies analyse collaboration among scholars. However, most studies here focus on the macro level (e.g. policy issues and the organisation of research projects). The role of the individual scholar in this is vastly i...

Due to changing circumstances, organisations start to co-operate with their competitors or with firms from other industries that can complement their range of products. This development of independent partners sharing, their resources and equipment with each other, can also be seen in the Swedish utility industry and will soon happen to other utility businesses after the deregulation of the Eur...

The dissolution of Virtual Organizations is not just a stage where the commitments between the partners take to an end, but an issue that is worth considering through all the life cycle in Virtual Organizations. This paper gives further light to the model of Virtual Organizations split in several phases, detailing their roles and significance, and explaining from previous experiences why the di...