The interdisciplinary study of coordination
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Knowledge engineering and management: the CommonKADS methodology
Knowledge engineering and management: the CommonKADS methodology
Elements of a base VE infrastructure
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Virtual enterprise management
Service -Oriented Computing: Concepts, Characteristics and Directions
WISE '03 Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering
A modeling framework for agile and interoperable virtual enterprises
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Advanced computer support of engineering and service processes of virtual enterprises
Challenging the interoperability between computers in industry with MDA and SOA
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Collaborative environments for concurrent engineering
The Join/Leave/Remain (JLR) decision in collaborative networked organizations
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Enterprise integration and interoperability in manufacturing systems: Trends and issues
Computers in Industry
Architectures for enterprise integration and interoperability: Past, present and future
Computers in Industry
XML-based e-business frameworks and standardization
Computer Standards & Interfaces
ICSOC'10 Proceedings of the 2010 international conference on Service-oriented computing
A reference framework following a proactive approach for Product Lifecycle Management
Computers in Industry
Business-to-business integration and coordination costs
International Journal of Business Information Systems
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The advances in information and communication technologies and economic factors impelled organizations to engage in new forms of collaboration, such as collaborative networks. They require adequate frameworks, architectures, tools and platforms to support interoperability among heterogeneous and geographically distributed organizations. Despite the high number of research projects in this area, existing tools and infrastructures, this objective has not been totally achieved. The aim of this research work is to advance the research in the area of interoperability in collaborative networks. A conceptual framework towards seamless interoperability in a collaborative-competitive economic networked environment is described, which comprises six elements: (1) a messaging service; (2) a collaboration profile/agreement definition and management service; (3) five clusters of collaborative activities; (4) a centralized repository; (5) a set of business documents and a set of contracting documents; (6) a performance assessment service. The functionality of the conceptual framework proposed is illustrated with a real implementation case targeting the footwear industry. The proposed conceptual framework is then compared with relevant e-business frameworks.