In this paper we propose an infrastructure for a secure remote authentication, management and operation system for a distributed global wireless sensor network testbed. We base the design of the architecture on an existing well-established, widely deployed and frequently used authentication and authorization system developed to simplify inter-organizational access to web-resources. The proposed...

in recent years there has been considerable debate about the positive outcomes of organizational justice ‘so that it is effective as a tool to achieve organizational virtuousness. because the rate of municipal facilities in leading economic, social and cultural role is responsible for the different areas and the other people as owners and beneficiaries of justice are mutually communication infr...

The vision of semantic business processes is to enable the integration and inter-operability of business processes across organizational boundaries. Since different organizations model their processes differently, the discovery and retrieval of similar semantic business processes is necessary in order to foster inter-organizational collaborations. This paper presents our approach of using iSPAR...

The combined effects of information technology, deregulation and privatization are bringing about a fundamental change in the relationship between travel agents and airlines. Both parties need to develop a new basis for cooperation in order to redefine their contractual relationships in the face of a changing distribution infrastructure. In this research, GroupSystems was used together with oth...

Despite initiatives and actions, only minor steps towards better communication systems have been achieved in healthcare. We examine this phenomenon empirically through three Norwegian healthcare projects, all of which started in 2005. The projects were initiated and funded by the Norwegian government and were aimed at establishing inter-organizational integration in healthcare. We examine the n...

Extant literature has focused on the complementary or substitute relationship between contractual or relational governance in information systems (IS), however, only a few studies reveal the factors and their interactions which impact the decision making on inter-organizational information systems (IOS) governance mechanism. Due to the emerging multifirm environment and inter-organizational pra...

If co-operating government agencies reside in different countries, they will differ in many respects: administrative ontologies and laws, political context, administrative culture, and computing infrastructure. Inter-organizational e-government services may provide technical interoperability, but do not necessarily solve the problem how to understand a foreign administration. In this paper, we ...