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In earlier definitions, organization’s competency is mainly addressing its
capabilities, for example Gallon (Gallon et al, 1995) defines competency as
“aggregation of capabilities, where synergy that is created has sustainable value and
broad applicability”. However participation of VBE members in general VBE
activities such as the VO configuration, training, marketing, and trust establishment,
require prior submission and analysis of their detailed competencies (Afsarmanesh
& Camarinha-Matos, 2005). For example, in order to promote itself towards the
invitation / involvement for new VOs, a VBE member must provide detailed and upto-
date information about its competencies. For this purpose, the information needed
for an organization typically includes an accurate description of the member’s
capabilities, its free resources’ capacities, the production costs for each of its
product, as well as any conspicuous proof of the validity of the provided
information. Based on the analysis of such competency information provided by all
members, the VO broker selects the best-fit partners for a new VO. |