Virtual Organizations

- the next Economic Revolution?

Short Discription

Virtual organizations are temporary network structures for the purpose
of being competitive in today's marketplace. We have examined their char-
acteristics and their chances of success. They are potentially very powerful
structures but practical realization remains a difficult task.

virtual.pdf

Thomas CUENI and Marco SEIZ
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL)
May 3, 1999

Keywords

virtual organization, virtual teams, virtual communities, relations, time to market,
product quality, temporary network, telecommuting, telecenters, hot-desking,
empowerment of the employee, trust-based, motivation, mobility, fractal organizations