%0 Journal Article %T Organiza£¿£¿es virtuais %A Toledo %A Luciano Augusto %A Loures %A Carlos Augusto %J Cadernos EBAPE.BR %D 2006 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %R 10.1590/S1679-39512006000200009 %X the competitive advantage of the organizations more passes each time for the development of new organizational struc-tures, by the establishment of nets of cooperation with all the intervening entities in the chain of supply and new methodolo-gies of management and planning, supported strong for communication and information technologies. this essay aims to present the concept of virtual organization. the essay is complemented by a study of the bibliography that explain of the sprouting of the virtual organizations and argues its implications for the administration. %K competitive advantage %K virtual organizations %K organizations. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-39512006000200009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en