Technical Co-Sponsors. Referees. Foreword. Part 1: New Organizational Models. 1. Will the Organisation Disappear? The Challenges of the New Economy and Future Perspectives; E. Filos, E. Banahan. 2. A New Paradigm for the Next Century: The Task Oriented Job Market; M.M. Fioroni, A. Batocchio. 3. E-Diagnosis: Knowledge Management and Organizational Change in Virtual Times; P.S. Grave, et al. 4. A Diary Using Fuzzy Sets; W.C.B. Neto, F.A.O. Gauthier. Part 2: Infrastructure Requirements. 5. Infrastructure for the Advanced Virtual Enterprise: A Report Using a Brazilian-Based Example; H.T. Goranson. 6. Linking SMEs' Clusters: A View of the Information Infrastructure; M.E. Leon, et al. 7. Working Efficiently with the Service Industries; A.J. Scavarda, et al. 8. VE Infrastructures Requirements for Cooperation and Knowledge Sharing; N. Silva, J. Rocha. Part 3: Infrastructures Development. 9. Supporting Agility in Virtual Enterprises; L.M. Camarinha-Matos, et al. 10. The SACE-CSCW Framework: An Infrastructure to Support Virtual Enterprises and Concurrent Engineering Processes; A.C. Santos, et al. 11. Design of a Computer-Supported Cooperative Environment for Small and Medium Enterprises; A.P.F. Mundim, C.F. Bremer. 12. Environment for Design and Analysis of System Integration; M.F. Carvalho, C. Machado. Part 4: Multi-Agent Based Collaboration. 13. Requirements for an Agent Based Information System Supporting Variably Coupled Networked Enterprises; A.L. Azevedo, etal. 14. Federated Multi-Agent Scheduling in Virtual Enterprises; R.J. Rabelo, et al. 15. The NetMan Agent-Based Architecture for E-Business in Network Organizations; L. Cloutier, et al. 16. A Mobile-Agent Based Architecture for Virtual Enterprises; L. Brito, et al. Part 5: Information Management and Coordination. 17. Supporting Information Access Rights and Visibility Levels in Virtual Enterprises; A. Frenkel, et al. 18. A Virtual Project House Infrastructure for Distributed Development Processes; G. Frick, K.D. Muller-Glaser. 19. The Holonic Paradigm as a New Metaphor for the Coordination Problem of Virtual Enterprises; G.N. Franco, A. Batocchio. 20. Protocol-Based Cooperation in a Virtual Manufacturing Organization; T. Janowski, P.C. Vinh. Part 6: Supply Chain Management. 21. Agent-Based Infrastructure of Supply Chain Network Management; C. Chandra, et al. 22. A Distributed Framework for Collaborative Supply Network Integration; J.-M. Frayret, et al. 23. New Tools for Multi-Stage Supply Chains; W. Sihn, et al. 24. Supply Chain Management and Distributed Manufacturing in the Automative Industry; G. Schaub, E. Krauss. Part 7: Industry Clusters and Brokerage. 25. Action Research: The Formation of a Manufacturing Virtual Industry Cluster; J.E.M. Siqueira, C.F. Bremer. 26. Exploitation of Business Opportunities: The Role of the Virtual Enterprise Broker; A. Molina, M. Flores. 27. Agent-Based Brokerage for Virtual Enterprise Creation in The Moulds Industry; R.J. Ra