The Internet has spurred a phenomenal growth of virtual communities (VC). VCs can range fromsimple information exchange based forums to more complex networks supporting new productdevelopment. For example, communities of interest based forums such as investment-relatedVirtual Communities bring...

"In the future data communication networks interoperability becomes critical from both technological and business strategy perspective. Significance of interoperability has to be evaluated in terms of the overall economic performance of the system. In this paper we will present our view of the...