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Abstract | ||
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Current research on virtual organisations focuses mainly on their formation and operation phases, devoting only little attention
to the dissolution phase. These passages typically suggest that dissolution should occur when the organisation has fulfilled
all its objectives or when it is no longer needed. This last definition is quite vague and hard to define, as the need for
an organisation is not always easy to measure.
We believe that, besides fulfilment of objectives, more causes should be considered for the dissolution of a virtual organisation,
since an organisation is not always capable of achieving its goals or continuing operations. Organisations can change during
their operation, as might the environment in which they operate, and these changes may affect their performance to the point
that they should not continue operating. In addition, the causes that could lead to dissolution could affect the formation
of future organisations. Considering the correspondence between virtual organisations and real-life organisations, some portions
of real-world commercial law related to dissolution can be applied to the virtual world.
In this paper we introduce the different causes that should be considered for virtual organisation dissolution, and a case
study focused on one of these causes is presented as a way to emphasise the significance of the dissolution process.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2009 | 10.1007/978-3-642-14962-7_5 | Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems/Agent Theories, Architectures, and Languages |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
virtual world,virtual organisation dissolution,virtual organisation,operation phase,real-life organisation,current research,dissolution phase,future organisation,case study,dissolution process,virtual worlds | Virtual organisation,Operations research,Dissolution,Commercial law,Business,Process management | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | ISBN |
6069 | 0302-9743 | 3-642-14961-8 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
3 | 0.39 | 9 |
Authors | ||
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Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Nicolás Hormazábal | 1 | 7 | 3.88 |
| Henrique Lopes Cardoso | 2 | 223 | 34.02 |
| Josep Lluís De La Rosa | 3 | 260 | 41.38 |
| Eugénio Oliveira | 4 | 974 | 111.00 |