Institutional reality and norms: Specifying and monitoring agent organizations

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-95

  Cardoso, Henrique Lopes ^a   Oliveira, Eugénio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contract; Electronic institution; Norm; Virtual organization

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847179493     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843007001573     Document Type: Article

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