Virtual organization
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- A Virtual Organization is an organization existing as a corporate, not-for-profit, educational, or otherwise productive entity that does not have a central geographical location and exists solely through telecommunication tools.
- A Virtual Organization comprises a set of (legally) independent organizations that share resources and skills to achieve its mission / goal, but that is not limited to an alliance of for profit enterprises. The interaction among members of the virtual organization is mainly done through computer networks. A Virtual Organization is a manifestation of Collaborative Networks. See also Virtual Enterprise.
- In business a Virtual Organization is a firm that outsources the majority of its functions; see virtual corporation.
- In grid computing, a Virtual Organization is a group of individuals or institutions who share the computing resources of a "grid" for a common goal.
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