Abstract
More than ever before, enterprises nowadays are faced with an environment characterised by asynchronicity, complexity, and uncertainty. We see three major shortcomings of many current approaches of enabling enterprises to adapt under these conditions: the proposed processes and systems often do not deal with the whole context surrounding the enterprise; enterprises still follow rather deliberate approaches when dealing with strategy and its execution; and decisions are limited in terms of their reach and range. Cloud computing has particular characteristics that address these shortcomings. In this paper we propose Cloud-based contextually aware adaptive lifecycle models, frameworks, and architectures that enable networked and virtual enterprises to learn, adapt and be transformed.
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Peko, G., Dong, CS., Rohde, M.E., Sundaram, D. (2012). Cloud-Based Contextually Aware Adaptive Systems for Enterprise Transformation. In: Putnik, G.D., Cruz-Cunha, M.M. (eds) Virtual and Networked Organizations, Emergent Technologies and Tools. ViNOrg 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 248. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31800-9_1
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