MODELING COORDINATION IN BUSINESS- WEBS

In the connected society an increasing part of the work conducted in companies involves others companies. Business-webs represent this tendency of putting together partners, suppliers, distributors, providers and customers in the business process. This multi-organizational collaboration, however, introduces some management difficulties. Groupware technology, which has advanced substantially in the study of workgroup coordination, has been developing concepts that may help in the development of e -business applications. This paper discusses how the principles of Groupware Engineering, more specifically the workflow and the coordination of interdependent tasks, foster e-business applications.

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