The fast progress in computer networks and their wide availability is complemented with on one hand the \"explosion\" of mobile computing and on the other hand the trends in the direction of ubiquitous computing....

New collaboration mechanisms and organizational forms supported by networking tools not only induce new business domains but \"invade\" all traditional sectors and organizations, which requires thinking of each business as part of a wider economic ecosystem and environment....

The development of Intelligent Manufacturing Systems represents a worldwide tendency. The areas of Multi-Agent Systems and Intelligent Mobile Agents offer a promising approach to such developments....