The realization of representing these knowledge-rich processes is possible through the broad developments in the ‘Semantic Web’ initiative of the World Wide Web Consortium. But significant amount of research is needed to understand how conceptualizations that comprise business processes can be captured, represented, shared and processed by both human and intelligent agent-based information systems to create transparency in service and supply chains. The developments in on-demand content and business logic availability through technologies such as web-services offer the potential to allow organizations to create content-based and logic or intelligence driven information value chains enabling the needed information transparencies for Semantic eBusiness processes.

Developments on these dimensions are critical to the design of knowledge-based and intelligence driven processes in the digital economy. Research is needed in the development of business models that can take advantage of emergent technologies to support collaborative, knowledge-rich processes in the digital economy. Equally important is the adaptation and assimilation of emergent technologies to enable business processes that contribute to organizations’ value propositions. This mini track invites original research contributions that investigate the development of innovative business models to support knowledge-rich business models that enhance collaborations in the digital economy.