Pervasive Collaborative Networks

VBE Management.- Competency Modeling Targeted on Promotion of Organizations Towards VO Involvement.- A Virtual Breeding Environment Reference Model and Its Instantiation Methodology.- Systemic Strategic Management for VBEs in the Manufacturing Sector.- Networking Agrifood SMEs and Consumer Groups in Local Agribusiness.- Social Capital, Value Systems and Soft Issues.- Collaborative Networks and Social Capital: A Theoretical and Practical Convergence.- Analysis of Core-Values Alignment in Collaborative Networks.- Quantitative Analysis of the Soft Factor "Cooperation Climate" in Collaborative Networks.- Value Creation in Networks.- Value Creation Elements in Learning Collaborative Networked Organizations.- Sustainability of Virtual Collaborative Networks.- Going Virtual in the European Biopharmaceutical Industry: Conductors and Oxpeckers Make It.- Negotiation in Collaborative Networks.- Agreement Negotiation Support in VO Creation.- Using UML/WS-CDL for Modeling Negotiation Scenarios.- Automating Decisions for Inter-Enterprise Collaboration Management.- Construction of Collaboration Structures.- Data Mining to Discover Enterprise Networks.- Life Cycle of the Cooperation Networks Environment: A Case Study of a Construction Company's Project of an Automotive Motor Firm.- Critical Thinking and Concept Design Generation in a Collaborative Network.- Management of Collaborative Networks.- A TOC Perspective to Improve the Management of Collaborative Networks.- The Application of the Closed-Loop Lifecycle Management in Virtual Organization.- Qualitative Monitoring to Support Pro-Active VO Management.- Coordination of Supply Chain Activities: A Coalition-Based Approach.- Process Definition and Modeling.- Collaborative Process Definition Using An Ontology-Based Approach.- Business Process Modelling for Academic Virtual Organizations.- Using BPEL for Behavioural Concepts in ODP Enterprise Language.- Risk Treatment Templates for Configurable Reference Modeling in the Construction Industry.- Knowledge Management and Ontologies.- A Rule-Based Approach for Customizing Knowledge Search in CNOs.- Exploring Ontology Adoption and Diffusion in the Construction Virtual Enterprise.- Understanding of Knowledge from Two Mutually Related Aspects.- Collaborative Decision Making.- Decentralised Decision Making in Non-Hierarchical Networks.- A Reference Model for Distributed Decision Making Through A Multi-Agent Approach.- VirtualECare: Group Decision Supported by idea Generation and Argumentation.- Communication Protocols for Collaborative Forecasting.- Affective Computing and Cultural Issues.- Affective Computing and Collaborative Networks: Towards Emotion-Aware Interaction.- Cultural Determinants of Creating Modern Organisations - The Role of Trust.- Squeak, an Invisible Laboratory for Teachers as Learners.- Virtual Teams and Social Protocols.- Modelling Multithreaded Social Protocols with Coloured Petri Nets.- Virtual Team Working: Current Issues and Directions for the Future.- Framework for Open, Distributed and Self-Managed Social Platforms.- Complex Adaptive Systems.- Towards a Collaborative Model for Wireless Sensor Networks.- Supporting Complex Adaptive Processes with Lightweight Platforms.- Software Agents in Virtual Organizations: Good Faith and Trust.- Network Analysis and Strategic Processes.- Network Structure Analysis for Multicultural Industrial CNO.- Strategic Information System (SIS) of Virtual Organization (VO).- Proactive Management of Business Change.- Quality, Governance and Legal Issues.- On Quality Issues in Networked Value Constellations.- Devolution in a Virtual Enterprise.- Legal Framework for eCommerce Tax Analysis.- Collaboration Infrastructures.- The Ecolead Collaborative Business Infrastructure for Networked Organizations.- Web Services-Based Collaborative System for Distributed Engineering.- Discovery and Selection of Certified Web Services Through Registry-Based Testing and Verification.- Service-Oriented Approaches.- An E-