A decision support approach to modeling trust in networked organizations

Abstract

The main motivation for organizations to e-collaborate is to enable knowledge sharing and learning in order to effectively address a new business opportunity by forming a Virtual Organization (VO) for solving the given task. One of the difficulties in VO creation is appropriate partner selection with mutual trust, as well as the support for the management of trust in a broader Virtual organization Breeding Environment (VBE) - a cluster of organizations willing to collaborate when a new business opportunity appears. This paper proposes an approach to modeling trust in a network of collaborating organizations, aimed at improved trust management in VBEs and improved decision support in the process of VO creation. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005.