A new subject to manage virtual enterprises: the VDO concept

The globalization of competition has entailed that organizations of developed countries have to face new kinds of competitors with low labour cost and often advantageous exchange rates (and then favourable export selling prices). In such a scenario, innovation and organizational flexibility is becoming fundamental levers to enable enterprises to increase their competitiveness. For this reason, the need arises of an organizational methodology that enables organizational flexibility and capacity of performing innovation. Our recipe consists of the concept of network enterprises, to enable organizational flexibility, and the formalization of VDO concept – Virtual Development Office – to enable innovation in a collaborative environment.