ICT Support for Evolving Harmonization of International Alliances

International alliances are agreements between multiple countries to cooperate on trade, or other forms of economic activity, for mutual benefit. This paper focuses on how information and communication technologies (ICT) can support transaction efficiency and effective controls in the context of evolving international alliances. We concentrate on the potential for electronic procedures to manage the document flows automatically, in a fashion analogous to workflow systems within organizations. The key challenge, however, is how to support the evolution of these documentary procedures to match the dynamic structure of international alliances.