Adaptation and Value Creating Collaborative Networks - 12th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2011, Sao Paulo, Brazil, October 17-19, 2011, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2011, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in October 2011. The 61 revised papers presented were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in various collaborative network (CN) domains and their applications with a particular focus on adaptation of the networks and their value creation, specifically emphasizing topics related to evolution from social networking to collaborative networks; social capital; value chains; co-creation of complex products; performance management; behavioral aspects in collaborative networks; collaborative networks planning and modeling; benefit analysis and sustainability issues, as well as including important technical and scientific challenges in applying CNs to areas such as advanced logistics networks, business process modeling, service orientation, and other emerging application domains such as ageing, tourism, crisis, and emergency scenarios.

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2011, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in October 2011. The 61 revised papers presented were carefully selected from numerous submissions. They provide a comprehensive overview of recent advances in various collaborative network (CN) domains and their applications with a particular focus on adaptation of the networks and their value creation, specifically emphasizing topics related to evolution from social networking to collaborative networks; social capital; value chains; co-creation of complex products; performance management; behavioral aspects in collaborative networks; collaborative networks planning and modeling; benefit analysis and sustainability issues, as well as including important technical and scientific challenges in applying CNs to areas such as advanced logistics networks, business process modeling, service orientation, and other emerging application domains such as ageing, tourism, crisis, and emergency scenarios.

Product details

• Assisted by: Hamideh Afsarmanesh (Editor), Luis M. Camarinha-Matos (Editor), Alexandr Pereira-Klen (Editor), Alexandra Pereira-Klen (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.03.2014
• EAN: 9783642270598
• ISBN: 978-3-642-27059-8
• No. of pages: 574
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 33 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 896 g
• Illustrations: XVIII, 574 p.
• Series: IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; C, computer science, Information Retrieval, IT in Business, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet), Computers and Society, Management of Computing and Information Systems, IT Operations, Application software, Information Technology, Computer Communication Networks, Maintenance & repairs, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Computers and civilization, Management information systems, Business mathematics & systems, Internet searching, Business—Data processing, Business applications, Computer communication systems, Network hardware