Agility |
It is temporal concept, associated with the response time and identification of the cycle of opportunity, configuration, operation/reconfiguration, and dissolution (Goranson & Goranson, 1992Goranson, H. T., & Goranson, T. (1992). The agile virtual enterprise: cases, metrics, tools. Westport: Quorum Books.). |
Transparency |
It aims to ensure access to open information and implement cloud-based processing to enable community response (Weichhart et al., 2016Weichhart, G., Molina, A., Chen, D., Whitman, L. E., & Vernadat, F. (2016). Challenges and current developments for sensing, smart and sustainable enterprise systems. Computers in Industry, 79, 34-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2015.07.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2015...
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Empowerment |
It refers to the influence and control of individuals and communities regarding the decisions that affect them. In general, empowerment is the process by which people take care of their environment (the physical, economic, social, cultural, and psychological aspects) employing the resources available (Fetterman & Wandersman, 2005Fetterman, D. M., & Wandersman, A. (2005). Empowerment evaluation: principles in practice. New York: The Guilford Press.). |
Information, and knowledge sharing |
They encourage innovation and collaboration processes (Weichhart et al., 2016Weichhart, G., Molina, A., Chen, D., Whitman, L. E., & Vernadat, F. (2016). Challenges and current developments for sensing, smart and sustainable enterprise systems. Computers in Industry, 79, 34-46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2015.07.002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compind.2015...
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Collaboration |
It can be described as manifestations of several autonomous and geographically distributed entities within a heterogeneous operating environment; the culture, goals, and social capital that collaborate to achieve better results and common goals. The collaboration among companies is mentioned in several studies involving collaborative network organizations, alliances, partnerships, cooperation, and collaborative supply chain, among others (Camarinha-Matos & Afsarmanesh, 2008Camarinha-Matos, L. M., & Afsarmanesh, H. (2008). On reference models for collaborative networked organizations. International Journal of Production Research, 46(9), 2453-2469. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540701737666. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00207540701737...
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Resilience |
For Luthar et al. (2000)Luthar, S. S., Cicchetti, D., & Becker, B. (2000). The construct of resilience: a critical evaluation and guidelines for future work. Child Development, 71(3), 543-562. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00164. PMid:10953923. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.0016...
, it can be understood as the association of three essential components: (1) the notion of trauma, adversity, and risk to human development; (2) the process of positive adaptation and overcoming adversity; (3) the process that considers the dynamics among emotional, sociocultural, and cognitive mechanisms that influence the human development. Innovation is the successful use of new ideas in terms of products, processes, services, and business practices (Christopherson et al., 2008Christopherson, S., Kitson, M., & Michie, J. (2008). Innovation, networks and knowledge exchange. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 1(2), 165-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsn015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsn015...
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Self-organization |
This refers to the ability of networks to reorganize themselves into more heterogeneous structures, and to use more complex processes without a detailed and centralized management guideline (Kash & Rycroft, 2002Kash, D. E., & Rycroft, R. (2002). Emerging patterns of complex technological innovation. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 69(6), 581-606. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1625(01)00171-8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1625(01)...
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