Challenges Between Competition and Collaboration

President's Introduction: From Idea to Implementation.- Plenary Presentations.- Between Collaboration and Competition - The Future of the European Manufacturing Industry.- ERA: A Challenge for Co-opetition - "Towards Knowledge-based Enterprises".- Plant Engineering in Global Competition.- Jaguar Racing - Collaboration in the Workflow?.- Long-Term Cooperation in the European Aerospace Industry - A Model for Future Successful Partnering in Competitive Environments.- The Network of Automotive Excellence as a Potential Response to Change in Development / Production and Brand Policy.- The European Automotive Supply Industry at the Crossroads.- Network of Automotive Excellence - The Future Role of Tier 1 from a Development Standpoint.- eEurope and the European Research Area - EU Policies to Address Major Business and Work Challenges.- Networks of Excellence: Relevance, Feasibility, Sustainability.- Discussion Forums.- Secure Engineering Collaboration - Engineering Alliances Among Collaborative Enterprises.- e-Business: The Importance of Standards for e-Marketplaces.- Neutrality, Openness and Co-operation in the Service Industry.- Core Competences: Recognition, Development and Successful Implementation - Network of Automotive Excellence.- 30 Per Cent More Efficiency in Product Development - Fiction or Hard Fact?.- Productivity of "Knowledge" Work or the New Role of Men at Work.- 30 % Higher Efficiency in Product Development - Requirements to the OEM from the Engineering Service Suppliers' Point of View.- Virtual Level Collaboration: SMEs in Aerospace.- Technology as a Basis for Collaboration.- MOSAIC E-Net Integration Platform - Reduction of Processing Costs through Electronic Data Exchange.- Data Re-presentation as a First Step Towards a Unified IT-Structure.- Invited Contributions.- Competition and Collaboration in Sport.- Opening Up to Change - People as Critical Success Factor for Collaboration.- The Boundaries of "Marketisation" - The Myths About Entrepreneurial