Data Mining To Discover Enterprise Networks

9 th IFIP Working Conference on Virtual Entreprises (PRO-VE'08) Poznan, POLAND, 8-10 September 2008International audienceWithin the framework of Virtual Organisations (VO), a decision aid approach was developed to support the identification of collaborative corporate networks. This approach is based on an automated procedure of information extraction to identify key features of potential partners. The added value of this research is to operate in an "open universe" of potential partners, using the company internet sites as the main source of information on firms. The key features extracted concern the activity fields and the competencies of the firms