Collaborative Networks for a Sustainable World

11th IFIP WG 5.5 Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises, PRO-VE 2010, St. Etienne, France, October 11-13, 2010, Proceedings

• Author(s): Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Xavier Boucher, Hamideh Afsarmanesh,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 783
• ISBN_10: 3642159613
  ISBN_13: 9783642159619
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Information Management , Computers / Computer Engineering , Computers / Networking / Hardware , Computers / Security / General , Computers / Information Technology , Computers / Social Aspects , Computers / Computer Architecture , Computers / Computer Science , Language Arts & Disciplines / Library & Information Science / General , Computers / System Administration / Storage & Retrieval ,

Description:... Collaborative Networks for a Sustainable World Aiming to reach a sustainable world calls for a wider collaboration among multiple stakeholders from different origins, as the changes needed for sustainability exceed the capacity and capability of any individual actor. In recent years there has been a growing awareness both in the political sphere and in civil society including the bu- ness sectors, on the importance of sustainability. Therefore, this is an important and timely research issue, not only in terms of systems design but also as an effort to b- row and integrate contributions from different disciplines when designing and/or g- erning those systems. The discipline of collaborative networks especially, which has already emerged in many application sectors, shall play a key role in the implemen- tion of effective sustainability strategies. PRO-VE 2010 focused on sharing knowledge and experiences as well as identi- ing directions for further research and development in this area. The conference - dressed models, infrastructures, support tools, and governance principles developed for collaborative networks, as important resources to support multi-stakeholder s- tainable developments. Furthermore, the challenges of this theme open new research directions for CNs. PRO-VE 2010 held in St.