The WISE approach to electronic commerce

The growing interest in Electronic Commerce practices has lead to a wide va riety of models trying to capture the subtleties and complexities of the el ectronic marketplace. In this paper, we discuss a model based on trading co mmunities, virtual business processes and virtual enterprises. These concep ts are at the heart of the WISE (Workflow based Internet SErvices) project, where we have used them to drive the design and implementation of software tools for business to business electronic commerce. The paper briefly desc ribes the model and shows how it is being used in practice as part of the W ISE research effort.