Establishing the Foundation of Collaborative Networks : IFIP TC 5 Working Group 5.5 Eighth IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises September 10-12, 2007, Guimarães, Portugal

This book includes a number of selected papers from the PRO-VE '07 Conference providing a comprehensive overview of recent advances in various CN domains. Thereis a special emphasis on the Collaborative Network topics related to trust aspects, performance and value systems, VO breeding environments, VO creation, e-contracting, collaborative architectures and frameworks, professional virtual communities, interoperability issues, business benefits, and case studies and applications in industry and services.