Business process lifecycle management is established for the continuous improvement of business processes within a single enterprise. However, the concept could also be applied to enhance collaborative business processes spanning over multiple enterprises. In contrast to the intra-organizational case, lifecycle management of cross-organizational collaborative processes imposes several organizat...

C2 is shifting from traditional hierarchical organization structure towards more collaborative and adaptive endeavors, with system of systems being rebuilt on a foundation that incorporates agility, focus, and convergence, namely networked in both the theoretical and the operational front. At present, flexible, secure and efficient C2 network topology is one of the fundamental issues for C2 stu...

An increasing number of large scale projects requires that distant teams collaborate together remotely. At the same time, the current CAD tools only offer minimal support for partial and asynchronous interactions. The application we propose enables full synchronous and remote sketch-based collaborative design. This setup is a combination of a virtual desktop (a remote meeting table), a standard...

This paper focuses on enterprise models representing interaction aspects which are very important when modelling networked enterprises . To this aim, a case study concerning an Italian training organization is addressed as a show case, where a re-engineering of the quality management systems where addressed. The main criticalities of cooperation either in the real operative practice and in the ...

Virtual Organizations enable new forms of collaboration for businesses in a networked society. During their formation business partners are selected on an as-needed basis. We consider the problem of using a reputation system to enhance the member selection in Virtual Organizations. The paper identifies the requirements for and the benefits of using a reputation system for this task. We identify...

In today’s competitive, dynamic, and changing business environment, being able to collaborate globally within and beyond the enterprise borders is critical. Inter-Organizational Collaborations (IOCs) have been proposed as a response to the characteristics of highly competitive global business environments. So far, a number of reference models, frameworks, and ad hoc architectures related to som...

Increasingly organizations are participating in networked value constellations, which are networks where organizations, enabled by information technology, jointly create value and satisfy customer needs. However, participating in a networked value constellation increases the problem of correctly understanding the organization, which is necessary to design (cross)-organizational IT support. Ther...

This paper reports on new agile approaches and methods for design modelling of collaborative networked enterprises, ranging from small manufacturing supply-chains to major public service organizations. Use-cases in selected fields have been implemented by agile modelling and holistic design of collaborative networking capabilities, and active knowledge architecture driven solutions. The active ...