Virtual enterprise formation and partner selection: An analysis using case studies

International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 201-215

  Petersen, Sobah Abbas ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agent interaction protocols; Agent based approach; AIP; Case studies; Partner selection; VE; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; SOFTWARE AGENTS;

AGENT INTERACTION PROTOCOLS (AIP); PARTNER SELECTION; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE (VE);

VIRTUAL CORPORATION;

EID: 34347347986     PISSN: 14709503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNVO.2007.013544     Document Type: Article

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