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Abstract The present paperaims at providing an assessment of the benefits and advantages induced by the adoption of the VIVE Virtual Enterprise methodology, as obtained in the IST-2000-26002 ACTIVE Project. This has been done by defining and measuring a suitable metrics set for three different business cases, selected from fast-growing and dynamic industrial sectors. Benefits from the methodology user point of view are classified in terms of improvements of overall business parameters, project conduction efficiency parameters and measurements relevant for the ease of method implementation. The availability of the results in three business cases is intended to stimulate the creation of additional Virtual Enterprises having similar characteristics or operating in the same market secto rs. Keywords Virtual Enterprise, Business Integrator, Virtual Enterprise benchmarking framework, Overall Business Metrics, Effectiveness Metrics, Approach Implementation Metrics 1 Introduction One of the most significant competitive factors for the European Industry is constituted by the capability to establish reliable and optimised co-operative networks, especially at peer-to-peer level (Virtual Enterprises). A number of initiatives, aimed at contributing to the definition of advanced, co-operative business schemes between Companies, have been launched by both the European Commission and National Bodies, in order to capitalise on the new opportunities offered by the Information and Communication Technology, and especially the Internet. Even though there is a general perception that a number of advantages and benefits can be achieved through co-operation, a clear evaluation of them, based on consolidated, well established metrics set, is missing. The purpose of the present work is to describe the benchmarking framework utilised to assess Virtual Enterprise performance within the IST-2000-26002 ACTIVE Project, in order to promote the wide adoption of VE approach from the point of view of a potential user.
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