Enterprise interoperability business models and value analysis

The new business context changes the way in which Enterprise Interoperability (EI) serves business needs. Instead of connecting partners in an extended and deterministic enterprise to support business as usual, EI now needs to accommodate continuous, emergent changes. As a result, a direct correlation between value innovation, open business models and Enterprise Interoperability can be drawn: it confirms that interoperability, as a means for European enterprises to work together, is essential for fulfilling the vision of a competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy. But to achieve this, the EI community inclusive of all its stakeholders needs to re-think the future of EI in light of the impact of new business drivers, as well as the need for new ways of analysing the value that EI can deliver.