A DECISION SUPPORT APPROACH TO TRUST MODELING IN NETWORKED ORGANIZATIONS

摘要

The main motivation for organizations to e-collaborate is to enable knowledge and resource sharing in order to effectively solve a business task. Virtual organizations (VOs) can be formed dynamically from a cluster of experts/organizations when a new business opportunity arises. The main strength of a VO lies in the range of competencies the partners are able to offer jointly through collaboration. One of the difficulties in VO creation is appropriate partner selection with mutual trust, as well as the support for trust estimation and monitoring. High trust is a necessary prerequisite for VO creation, knowledge sharing, resource sharing and taking joint risks. This paper presents a decision support approach to modeling trust in a network of collaborating organizations.