The adoption of the internet to support electronic business processes is currently done by a transformation of traditional processes. However, the direct transfer does not make use of the network capabilities and of the resulting possibility of direct communication between the business partners. Furthermore, actual systems do not support the dynamics and flexibility required by emerging business models. The article analyses actual interaction patterns and presents a technical concept based on Peer-to-Peer network architecture to support these new types of decentralized economic interactions.
Industrie Management | Volume 20 | 2004 | Edition 2 | Pages 62-65
