Better models for agile virtual enterprises - The enterprise and its constituents as hybrid agents

VTT Symposium (Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus)

Volumn , Issue 224, 2003, Pages 91-109

  Bernus, Peter ^a   Baltrusch, Rob ^a   Tølle, Martin ^b   Vesterager, Johan ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0037241382     PISSN: 03579387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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