Collaborative Networks for a Sustainable World

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

   1. The Role of Collaborative Networks in Sustainability

      • Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Xavier Boucher

      Pages 1-16

3. Sustainability Cases - I

   1. Towards an Environmental Management Approach for Collaborative Networks

      • Ovidiu Noran

      Pages 17-24

   2. Green Virtual Enterprises and Their Breeding Environments

      • David Romero, Arturo Molina

      Pages 25-35

   3. Collaborative Networks for Biodiversity Domain Organizations

      • Ekaterina Ermilova, Hamideh Afsarmanesh

      Pages 36-45

   4. Active Ageing Roadmap – A Collaborative Networks Contribution to Demographic Sustainability

      • Luis M. Camarinha-Matos, Hamideh Afsarmanesh

      Pages 46-59

4. Sustainability Cases - II

   1. ePAL Vision 2020 for Active Ageing of Senior Professionals

      • Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Simon S. Msanjila

      Pages 60-72

   2. A Network of Complementary SMEs for a Global Infrastructure for Services: The Example of Environmental Urban Services

      • Alan Lelah, Fabrice Mathieux, Daniel Brissaud, Lucien Vincent

      Pages 73-80

   3. A Framework for Maintaining Socio-technical Balance during the Evolution of Complex Systems

      • Igor Hawryszkiewycz

      Pages 81-87

   4. Adoption and Diffusion of m-Government: Challenges and Future Directions for Research

      • Ahmed Al-Hadidi, Yacine Rezgui

      Pages 88-94

5. Innovation Networks

   1. Support for Innovation Processes in Collaborative Networks

      • Heiko Duin, Manuel Fradinho, Marcus Seifert, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

      Pages 95-102

   2. The Role of Collaborative Networks in Business Model Innovation

      • Joseba Arana, Eduardo Castellano

      Pages 103-109

   3. Stakeholder Analysis of a Platform and Ecosystem for Open Innovation in SMEs

      • Jan Zibuschka, Uwe Laufs, Wolf Engelbach

      Pages 110-116

6. Carbon Efficient Value Networks

   1. Linking Carbon Performance and Effectiveness of Supply Chains

      • Anicia Jaegler, Patrick Burlat

      Pages 117-124

   2. Methodology for Carbon Footprint in Forestry Findings and Ways of Improvement

      • Gabriel Chauvet, Jean-Luc Paris, Olivier Devise, André Charles

      Pages 125-132

   3. How IS Contribute to the Development of a Sustainable Procurement Policy

      • Oihab Allal-Chérif

      Pages 133-141

   4. Promoting Sustainability Awareness through Energy Engaged Virtual Communities of Construction Stakeholders

      • Yacine Rezgui, Ian E. Wilson, Haijiang Li

      Pages 142-148

7. Management of CNs in Humanitarian Organizations - I

   1. Conceptualising Inventory Prepositioning in the Humanitarian Sector

      • Delia Richardson, Sander de Leeuw, Iris F. A. Vis

      Pages 149-156

   2. Collaboration Networks Involving Humanitarian Organisations – Particular Problems for a Particular Sector

      • Aurélie Charles, Matthieu Lauras, Rolando Tomasini

      Pages 157-165

   3. What Really Matters in Locating Shared Humanitarian Stockpiles: Evidence from the WASH Cluster

      • Sander de Leeuw, Laura Rock Kopczak, Martijn Blansjaar

      Pages 166-172

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.

• business ecosystems
• business processes
• collaborative networks
• game theory
• learning
• privacy
• security
• sustainability
• trust
• virtual communities
• virtual enterprises
• virtual organizations

• Faculty of Sciences and Technology, New University of Lisbon, Monte Caparica, Portugal

  Luis M. Camarinha-Matos

• Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne Cedex, France

  Xavier Boucher

• Computer Science Department, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Hamideh Afsarmanesh

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