Collaboration mechanisms in SME context: A case study in the footwear sector

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 172-184

  Fornasiero, Rosanna ^a,b,c   Zangiacomi, Andrea ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b Institute of Industrial Technologies and Automation   (Italy)

^c Extended Evolving Enterprise (EEE)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collaboration platforms; Organisational modelling; SME; Virtual Enterprise (VE)

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION THEORY; SHOE MANUFACTURE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COLLABORATION PLATFORMS; ORGANISATIONAL MODELING; SME; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE (VE);

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33744542155     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2006.009533     Document Type: Article

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