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Virtual Organizations</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 27, 2005 2:31 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Call for Contributions *** Encyclopedia of Networked and
Virtual Organizations *** Deadline reminder ***</DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><STRONG>Encyclopedia of Networked
and Virtual Organizations</STRONG></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt">(to be published by Idea Group
Reference - <A href=""><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>http://www.idea-group-ref.com</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>)</FONT><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><STRONG>CALL
FOR ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES<o:p></o:p></STRONG></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Submission
of proposals for encyclopedia entries: </SPAN><st1:date Year="2006" Day="15"
Month="1"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">January
15, 2006</SPAN></st1:date><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=2>Editors: Goran
D. Putnik and Maria Manuela Cunha</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=2>(<A
href="http://www.2100books.com">http://www.2100books.com</A>)</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT
size=2>****************************************************************************<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT face=Arial>
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></FONT></SPAN><FONT
face="Courier New"><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB">Dear<FONT size=3> Dr./Prof.
</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>We are </FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>pleased to invite you and your research colleagues to contribute to the
<STRONG><I><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'">"Encyclopedia of Networked
and Virtual Organizations"</SPAN></I></STRONG>, within your field of expertise
related with the encyclopedia topics. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>This represents a unique opportunity to present your results and
interpretations to the widest public, and the unique opportunity for readers to
find in one place all proposals, approaches and solutions, including yours, in
order to creatively and competitively apply them to
improve.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>You are invited to submit a one-page proposal on or before January 15,
2006, for each one of the encyclopedia entries you are willing to submit, which
will be under the format of (1) short articles explaining concepts,
definitions, models, applications (2,500 to 4,000 words), (2) short
</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>articles about research/ development/ implementation projects (2,500 to
4,000 words), (3) short write-ups or descriptions of applications and software
(800 to 1,000 words), (4) in-depth description of key terms and concepts related
to networked and virtual organizations and (5) information on knowledge and
practice resources such as web resources, organizations, associations,
publications and other.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>Please visit the project Webpage at </FONT><A
href="http://www.2100books.com/"><FONT
size=2>http://www.2100books.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2>, where you can find
detailed information about this project, namely a detailed Call for Entries (<A
href="http://www.2100books.com/Encyclopedia.htm"
eudora="autourl">http://www.2100books.com/Encyclopedia.htm</A>).</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>This encyclopedia is scheduled for publishing by Idea Group Reference
(</FONT><A href="http://www.idea-group-ref.com/"><FONT
size=2>http://www.idea-group-ref.com</FONT></A><FONT size=2>), an imprint of
Idea Group Inc., on the first half of 2007.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>For any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the editors
(</FONT><A href="mailto:encyclopedia@2100books.com"><FONT
size=2>encyclopedia@2100books.com</FONT></A><FONT
size=2>).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>With best regards,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2>The editors,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><FONT
size=2><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New'"><FONT size=2>Goran D. Putnik
and Maria Manuela Cunha<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"><SPAN
lang=EN-GB style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB"></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face=Arial size=1>Goran D. Putnik (</FONT><A
href="mailto:putnikgd@dps.uminho.pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=1>putnikgd@dps.uminho.pt</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial><FONT
size=1>)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"><FONT face=Arial
size=1> University of
Minho</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Department
of Production and Systems Engineering</FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial><FONT size=1> 4800-058
Guimarães<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=1>Portugal</FONT></SPAN></P>
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face=Arial size=1> </FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT face=Arial size=1>Maria
Manuela Cunha (</FONT><A href="mailto:mcunha@ipca.pt"><FONT face=Arial
size=1>mcunha@ipca.pt</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=1>) </FONT></SPAN></P>
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Ave<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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