Virtual organisations: Technologies, trends, standards and the contribution of the European R&D programs

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 6-26

  Filos, E ^a   Ouzounis, V K ^b  

^a EUROPEAN COMMISSION   (Belgium)

^b FRAUNHOFER FOKUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electronic commerce; R D; Standards; Virtual organisations

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

DIGITAL ECONOMY;

ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES;

EID: 0042364769     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijcat.2003.002125     Document Type: Article

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