In the 21. century it comes true, that competitiveness of the firm is - to a considerable level - influenced by its participation in the chain of suppliers, customers and partners and by the way how the subject cooperates in the chain. This is valid also for new forms of enterprise such as virtual organization or virtual firm. In the first part of the paper there are determined the differences between these forms of enterprise. Another part will bring methodological framework for analysis of the factors, that influence the competitiveness of the virtual organization from spontaneity and order point of view.
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[1] Business clusters: Promoting Enterprise in Central and Eastern Europe.
OECD Publication, Paris (France): OECD Publishing, 2005. Part II: Cluster Country Case Studies: MIKOL├ü┼á, Zden─øk. Czech Republic.
ISBN 92-64-00710-5.
[2] CAMAGNI, Roberto. Introduction: from the local milieu to innovation
through cooperation network, in R. Camagni (ed.), Innovation Networks: Spatial Perspectives, London: Bedhaven Press, 1991.
[3] FUDALIŃSKI, Janusz, MARKIEWICZ, Piotr. Intangible Assets as a
Part of the Competitive Potential of an Organization. Ostrava (Czech
Republic): Repronis, 2003. ISBN 80-7329-036-7.
[4] GIBSON, Rowan. Rethinking the future: rethinking business, principles,
competition, control, leadership, markets and world. London: Nicholas
Brealey Publishing Ltd, 1999, Edited by Rowan Gibson Paperback, 288
pp. ISBN: 1857881087
[5] JIR├üSEK, Jaroslav. Konkuren─ìnost : v├¡t─øzstv├¡ a por├ížky na kolbi┼íti trhu.
Praha (Czech Republic): Professional Publishing, 2001. ISBN 80-86419-
11-8.
[6] KAPLAN, S. Robert, NORTON P. David. The BSC: Translating
Strategy into Action. Harvard: Harvard Business School Press, 1996. ISBN 0875846513.
[7] KASSAY, ┼átefan. Organiza─ìn├¡ rozvoj korporac├¡. 1. Vyd. Nové Z├ímky:
Strateg, 1999. pg. 164. ISBN 80-967919-5-8.
[8] Kolektiv odborn├¡k┼» z předn├¡ch v─ødeck├¢ch a pedagogick├¢ch pracovi┼í┼Ñ.
V┼íeobecn├í encyklopedie ve ─ìtyřech svazc├¡ch. D├¡l 4, ┼ÿ - Ž. 1. Vyd. Praha
(Czech Republic): NakladatelskÛ dům OP, 1998. S. 717. ISBN 80-
85841-17-7 (soubor). 80-85841-37-1 (sv. 4).
[9] KOTLER, Philip - KELLER, L. Kevin. Marketing management.
Prentice Hall, 2005. ISBN 9780131457577.
[10] KRAUS, Jiř├¡ a kol. Nov├¢ akademick├¢ slovn├¡k ciz├¡ch slov A - Ž. 1. vyd.
Praha: Academia, 2005. ISBN 80-200-1351-2.
[11] KUŘITKA, Ivo - FOTIJEV, Pavel. Stabilita virtuálních organizací
rozvoj managementu. In Festive Scientific Conference on the Occasion
of 15th Aniversary of the Establishement of Faculty of Business and
Management, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic. Brno:
University of Technology, 2007. ISBN 978-80-214-3482-0. S. 230 -
237
[12] LÉO-PAUL DANA Handbook of Research on International
Entrepreneurship Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,
United Kingdom, 2004. ISBN 1-84542-655-X.
[13] MARTINCOV├ü, Olga a kol. Nov├í slova v ─ìe┼ítin─ø: slovn├¡k neologism┼».
1. Vyd. Praha: Academia, 1998. ISBN 80-200-0640-0.
[14] MIKOL├ü┼á, Zden─øk. Entrepreneurship, Theses and Questions at the
Beginning of the Third Millennium. Krak├│w (Poland): Victoria, 2002.
ISBN 83-918127-4-X.
[15] MIKOL├ü┼á, Zden─øk. Jak zv├¢┼íit konkurenceschopnost podniku:
konkurenční potenciál a dynamika podnikání. Praha: Grada, 2005. ISBN
80-247-1277-6.
[16] MIKOL├ü┼á, Zden─øk. Podnik├ín├¡ a podnik B. Studijn├¡ opora. Ostrava,
Czech Republic, VŠP, 2006. ISBN 80-86764-54-0. pg. 131 - 135
[17] MOWSHOWITZ, Abbe. Virtual organization: Toward a Theory of
Societal Transformation Simulated by Information Technology. New
York: Greenwood Pub Group, 2002 ISBN: 1567205011.
[18] PAPAZOGLOU, Michael - RIBBERS, Piet - TSALGATIDOU,
Aphrodite. Integrated value chain and their implications from a business
and technology standpoint. Decision Support Systems. Holland:
Elsevier, 2000. Vol. 29, number 4, ISNN 0167-9236. Pg. 323 - 342.
[19] PORTER, E., Michael. Competitive Advantage: Creating and Sustaining
Superior Performance. New York (USA): Free Press, 1985. ISBN 0-
684841460.
[20] PORTER, E., Michael. Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing
Industries and Competitors. New York (USA): Free Press, 1998. ISBN
0-684-84-148-7.
[21] VITOVSK├Ø, Anton├¡n: Modern├¡ slovn├¡k softwaru:v├¢kladov├¢ anglocko─ìesk├¢
a česko-anglickÛ. 1. vyd. Praha: AV Software, 2006. ISBN 80-
901428-8-5.
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