Showing papers by "Alessandro D'Atri published in 2005"

How Innovative are Virtual Enterprises

Abstract: The virtual enterprise is usually cited as an innovative inter-organizational configuration. Is it possible to justify and to assert the innovativeness of virtual enterprises just by claiming that they are made up of innovative “elements”? Is a sum of innovative features making the resulting system innovative too? This contribution will investigate the conditions and the situations in which a virtual enterprise can be regarded as innovative from an organizational point of view. In addition, a comparison with other inter-firm cooperation configurations (e.g. extended enterprise, digital districts, inter-organizational projects) will point out the most innovative features characterizing the virtual enterprise.

Organizational Impact and Exploitation of the Results of an Italian Research Project for E-Health and Medical Training

Abstract: The paper describes the final results and the organisational impact of the HERMES project: an on-line integrated web-based platform to provide multimedia services in tele-medicine and tele-education fields. The project is part of a European Space Agency programme to promote the market of broadband satellite services and the role of satellite systems in the tele-education and tele-medicine domains. The project implemented a pilot to demonstrate the effectiveness of the overall system (application and communications platforms), and to promote the use in real scenarios of innovative telemedicine and tele-education via satellite services in the Italian healthcare system. After five years, the project concluded its trial phase and the results of such a trial have been analyzed. The high level of investment in the initial phase suggested a very accurate market assessment with several pilot demonstrations. This approach is allowing to minimize the risks connected with the further significant service provisions and is now orienting the market deployment.

Quality, usability and economical aspects in a medical web-based training service

Abstract: The paper describes activities and results achieved on quality, usability and economical aspects by the project named EETAH-on-line (European Education, Training and Accreditation in Hematology on-line). The goal is to improve and harmonize professional skills and competences in this medical field. The target users are: students, physicians, nurses and technical staff involved in the hematological education and training; expert hematologists who need continuing training; all physicians of linked specialties who may take advantage of these scientific contents; institutions running certified programs in the hematological education, training and accreditation.

Bricolage in system design and trust in cooperation

Abstract: During several years of friendship and joint work with Claudio, starting from the teaching experience we had in the University of Calabria at the beginning of our academic careers, we shared a lot ...

Organisational impact and exploitation of the results of an Italian research project for e-health and medical training

Abstract: The paper describes the final results and the organisational impact of the HERMES project: an on-line integrated web-based platform to provide multimedia services in tele-medicine and tele-education fields. The project is part of a European Space Agency programme to promote the market of broadband satellite services and the role of satellite systems in the tele-education and tele-medicine domains. The project implemented a pilot to demonstrate the effectiveness of the overall system (application and communications platforms), and to promote the use in real scenarios of innovative telemedicine and teleeducation via satellite services in the Italian healthcare system. After five years, the project concluded its trial phase and the results of such a trial have been analyzed. The high level of investment in the initial phase suggested a very accurate market assessment with several pilot demonstrations. This approach is allowing to minimize the risks connected with the further significant service provisions and is now orienting the market deployment.

ItAIS (the Italian chapter of AIS) remembers Claudio

Abstract: ItAIS's officers and members express their profound gratitude to Claudio Ciborra for his commitment to starting and supporting the Italian chapter of AIS.Claudio was a co-founder of ItAIS, which he...

Optimal Manufacturing Trees

Abstract: We consider the process of manufacturing a product from a given number of elementary components. By assembling intermediate products, the target product can be manufactured in a variety of processes, each modeled by a tree. We are interested in manufacturing turnaround: the time between receiving an order at the root and its completion. We express the turnaround time of each manufacturing process (tree) with a formula that incorporates three parameters: the time required to create elementary components, the time required to assemble a product from its components and the time required to deliver the product to its procurer (another manufacturer). We show that this turnaround formula is optimized in a manufacturing process that corresponds to a perfect (or nearly perfect) tree. The degree of the optimal tree (i.e., the ideal number of components in each sub-assembly) is shown to be independent of the number of elementary components, suggesting that in each manufacturing environment there is an ideal assembly size, which is optimal for the manufacturing of products of any scale.