WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE NETWORKS

André Kolell, Jeewani Anupama Ginige

2010

Abstract

Increasing competitive pressure and availability of Internet and related technologies have stimulated the collaboration of independent businesses. Such collaborations, aimed at achieving common business goals, are referred to as virtual enterprise networks (VENs). Though web is an excellent platform to collaborate, the requirements of VENs regarding workflow management systems are in excess those of autonomous organizations. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of numerous issues related to workflow managements in VENs. These issues are discussed in the three phases of virtual enterprise lifecycle: configuration, operation and dissolution; and corroborated by two real case studies of VENs in Australia.

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in Harvard Style

Kolell A. and Ginige J. (2010). WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE NETWORKS . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-04-1, pages 23-31. DOI: 10.5220/0002894200230031


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis10,
author={André Kolell and Jeewani Anupama Ginige},
title={WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE NETWORKS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,},
year={2010},
pages={23-31},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002894200230031},
isbn={978-989-8425-04-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 1: ICEIS,
TI - WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT ISSUES IN VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE NETWORKS
SN - 978-989-8425-04-1
AU - Kolell A.
AU - Ginige J.
PY - 2010
SP - 23
EP - 31
DO - 10.5220/0002894200230031