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INTEGRATED SERIES IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS Series Editors Professor Ramesh Sharda Oklahoma State University

Prof. Dr. Stefan VoB Universitat Hamburg

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ENTERPRISE COLLABORATION On-Demand Information Exchange for Extended Enterprises

David M. Levermore and Cheng Hsu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York

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David M. Levermore Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York, USA

Cheng Hsu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York, USA

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006926230 ISBN-10: 0-387-34566-3 (HB) ISBN-10: 0-387-34567-1 (e-book) ISBN-13: 978-0387-34566-6 (HB) ISBN-13: 978-0387-34567-3 (e-book) Printed on acid-free paper. © 2006 by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science + Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now know or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks and similar terms, even if the are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed in the United States of America. 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com

Dedication

This book is dedicated to our families

Contents

Dedication

v

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

13

Enterprise Collaboration

1

Foundations

21

A General Model

43

The Core Logic of the Two-Stage Collaboration Model

61

The Architectural Components of the Two-Stage Collaboration Model

85

The Implementation of the Two-Stage Collaboration Mode