Mechanisms for assessing and enhancing organisations' readiness for collaboration in collaborative networks

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4691-4710

  Romero, David ^a   Galeano, Nathalie ^a   Molina, Arturo ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Assessment; Collaboration readiness; Collaborative networked organisations; Enhancement; Virtual breeding environments; virtual organisations

Indexed keywords

COLLABORATION READINESS; COLLABORATIVE NETWORK; COMMON OPERATIONS; COOPERATION AGREEMENT; CRITICAL EVALUATION; INTEGRATION PROCESS; MUTUAL TRUST; SELECTION PROCESS; VIRTUAL BREEDING ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL ORGANISATIONS;

ONTOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 73349098400     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207540902847280     Document Type: Article

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