Formal aspects of a generic model of trust for electronic commerce
Decision Support Systems - Special issue: Formal modeling and electronic commerce
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ICEC '04 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Electronic commerce
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International Journal of Electronic Commerce - Special issue: Developing the business components of the digital economy
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International Journal of Electronic Commerce
A Design Methodology for Modeling Trustworthy Value Webs
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Toward a Generic Model of Trust for Electronic Commerce
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Electronic Contract Drafting Based on Risk and Trust Assessment
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
VOMES: a virtual organisation membership evaluation system
International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organisations
International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies
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Organizations are operating in a complex and unstable business environment which is characterized by global pressures, de-regulation and intense competition arising from the innovative application of information technology to all aspects of business. In this new environment the old rules of competition no longer apply and there is a clear move away from traditional forms of strategy towards innovative approaches such as global market strategies, time based competition and dis-intermediation in the supply chain. These mega-trends affect all types of organizations and industries and are forcing individual organizations and their economic partners to respond. One important outcome is the emergence of 'virtual' organizations which are defined with respect to their product-market strategy, network structure, information systems and business communication patterns. Virtual organizations are composed of different legal entities and are often geographically dispersed and international in their outlook. Emerging forms of virtual organization are characterized by their use of business trust in addition to formal legal contracts. A series of hypotheses are proposed and the theoretical implications of trust in the formation and development of virtual organizations is discussed.