PARTNER SELECTION FOR VIRTUAL ORGANIZATION Supporting the Moderator in Business Networks

摘要

More and more companies improve their sustainability by belonging to company networks. When a specific inquiry is directed towards the company network required is a selection of companies that partner- up in a mixture of supplementing or even overlapping companies to form a virtual organization. The selection of partners is a challenging task for the network moderator and poor results - producing less value for the participating selected companies - as well as unintelligible results - that confuse the companies - can jeopardize the network. Therefore, we outline a web-based solution where the information technology supports the moderator by providing not only an optimized solution of the selected companies but also makes the management process transparent and traceable thus building a firmer future ground for the network.