In this paper, a formal approach is taken to organize the body of knowledge about quality. The body of knowledge thus formalized is structured into: TOVE Quality Ontology, and the ISO 9003 Micro-Theory. The TOVE Quality Ontology represents a prototype formalization, researched from ISO 9000 and other quality management references, but independent of any one source. And the ISO 9003 Micro-Theory...

In this paper we describe a lightweight approach for semantic interoperability suitable for small and micro enterprises. The approach is based on reusing the existing enterprise infrastructure – emails and documents – and enables lightweight semantic search and recommendation in order to fulfill interoperability tasks.

Enterprise Resource Planning systems are central elements in longterm wide-ranging design and use networks. Present ERP research focuses on single-enterprise implementation and fails to address important features of the ERP networks such as multi-spatiality, the design of the generic and the dynamics over time. A six-field matrix is proposed as a conceptual frame, encompassing shortand long-ter...

The integration of enterprise information systems has unique requirements and frequently poses problems to business partners. We discuss specific integration issues for micro-sized enterprises on the special case of independent sales agencies and their suppliers. We argue that the enterprise information systems of those independent enterprises are technically best represented by equal peers. Th...

The integration of enterprise information systems has unique requirements and frequently poses problems to business partners. We discuss specific integration issues for micro-sized enterprises on the special case of independent sales agencies and their suppliers. We argue that the enterprise information systems of those independent enterprises are technically best represented by equal peers. Th...

Companies are operating in a dynamic environment, resulting in a continuous need of adapting used information systems to changing business processes and associated information needs. Viewed from a micro-perspective, business users are managing and executing business processes on a daily basis, but are not able to adapt used software to their individual needs and working practice. In this paper,...

This paper examines the main policy and structural determinants of the intensity of competition at the enterprise level across transition economies, presenting new evidence based on an enterprise-level survey and a legal survey directed to both competition agencies and legal experts in the area of competition policy. It explores the key variables, at the country and enterprise level, that affec...

The role of communities of practice in knowledge creation is recognised in a number of contexts. The authors take a socio-technical perspective and identify four characteristics of such communities: situated learning, situated action, distributed cognition and social infrastructure. These are combined into a loosely normative framework to define and analyse communities of practice at the level ...

This paper examines the key issues that emerge in understanding of traditional music as micro-enterprise rural creative economy Argyll and Bute, Scotland. Using evidence from detailed...