Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization

One of the most used buzz-words in (e-)business literature of the last decade is virtual organization. The term "virtual" can be identified in all sorts of combinations regarding the business world. From virtual products to virtual processes or virtual teams, everything that is “touched” b...

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Main Author: Liviu Gabriel CRETU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Inforec Association 2006-01-01
Series:Informatică economică
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Online Access:http://www.revistaie.ase.ro/content/38/Cretu%20Liviu%206p.pdf
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spelling doaj-7cc48fc2ab7245e6b30ae64cbdb6d18f2020-11-24T22:43:30ZengInforec AssociationInformatică economică1453-13051842-80882006-01-01X2102107Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network OrganizationLiviu Gabriel CRETUOne of the most used buzz-words in (e-)business literature of the last decade is virtual organization. The term "virtual" can be identified in all sorts of combinations regarding the business world. From virtual products to virtual processes or virtual teams, everything that is “touched” by the computer’s processing power instantly becomes virtual. Moreover, most of the literature treats virtual and network organizations as being synonyms. This paper aims to draw a much more distinctive line between the two concepts. Providing a more coherent description of what virtual organization might be is also one of our intentions.http://www.revistaie.ase.ro/content/38/Cretu%20Liviu%206p.pdfVirtual organizationnetwork organizationbusiness processbusiness process outsourcing
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Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization
Informatică economică
Virtual organization
network organization
business process
business process outsourcing
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author_sort Liviu Gabriel CRETU
title Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization
title_short Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization
title_full Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization
title_fullStr Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization
title_full_unstemmed Virtual Organizations: Beyond Network Organization
title_sort virtual organizations: beyond network organization
publisher Inforec Association
series Informatică economică
issn 1453-1305
1842-8088
publishDate 2006-01-01
description One of the most used buzz-words in (e-)business literature of the last decade is virtual organization. The term "virtual" can be identified in all sorts of combinations regarding the business world. From virtual products to virtual processes or virtual teams, everything that is “touched” by the computer’s processing power instantly becomes virtual. Moreover, most of the literature treats virtual and network organizations as being synonyms. This paper aims to draw a much more distinctive line between the two concepts. Providing a more coherent description of what virtual organization might be is also one of our intentions.
topic Virtual organization
network organization
business process
business process outsourcing
url http://www.revistaie.ase.ro/content/38/Cretu%20Liviu%206p.pdf
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