Abstract
Technology advances in ICT have permitted an increased flow of information across borders, and increasingly companies are moving to so-called virtual alliances. The business relationships between Dutch and Chinese companies are becoming closer by ways of outsourcing, new market development and so on. The new virtual cooperation form has brought opportunities for companies in various sectors in the two countries to conduct business easily at low cost.However, despite the advantages, few pure virtual alliances had been found, and the usage of ICT systems in Dutch-Chinese business contexts is still at a relatively low level. This paper presents the concept of international virtual alliance, including the terms of virtuality, virtualness, and degree of virtuality. After presenting a general virtual cooperation model, two cases involving Dutch-Chinese business cooperation are described. The discussion and conclusions focus focus on the reasons found for the limited application of pure virtual cooperation.Keywords: Virtual Alliance, Virtuality, Virtualness, Virtual Cooperation
| Original language | Undefined |
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| Title of host publication | Digital enterprises and nontraditional industrialization. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Electronic Commerce Engineering (ICeCE2003), 24-27 October 2003, Hangzhou, China |
| Editors | Z. Chen |
| Place of Publication | Beijing |
| Publisher | International Academic Publishers |
| Pages | 763-766 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Print) | 7-5062-6208-8 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 |
Keywords
- METIS-216109