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The article describes the need for high quality reference models for Virtual Enterprises that will speed up the creation of global enterprise networks, virtual project enterprises, and service enterprises. While many models have been presented in the literature the quality of these models has not been thoroughly researched. This article addresses the need to develop a set of design principles, and presents some examples of these, through which the usability and longevity of reference models can be improved.
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Bernus, P. (2003). Quality of Virtual Enterprise Reference Models. In: Kosanke, K., Jochem, R., Nell, J.G., Bas, A.O. (eds) Enterprise Inter- and Intra-Organizational Integration. ICEIMT 2002. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 108. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35621-1_14
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