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The practical implantation of the concept of dynamic virtual enterprise is still far from expectations due to a number of factors such as the lack of appropriate interoperable infrastructures and tools, lack of common ontology, and the socio-organizational difficulties. However, the creation of industry clusters supported by advanced information and communication tools can meanwhile provide a basis for the rapid creation of dynamic virtual enterprises in response to the market opportunities. A federated service management approach is introduced in this context and its application to the tourism industry is discussed. Finally, the support for the aggregation of simpler services into value-added services, implemented by distributed business processes within different organizations, is presented.
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Camarinha-Matos, L.M., Afsarmanesh, H., Kaletas, E.C., Cardoso, T. (2002). Service Federation in Virtual Organizations. In: Kovács, G.L., Bertók, P., Haidegger, G. (eds) Digital Enterprise Challenges. PROLAMAT 2001. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 77. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35492-7_29
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