Management science semantics for object-oriented business modelling in BPR

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 417-433

  Glykas, Michalis ^a,b   Valiris, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

BPR methodology; Business modelling tools; Development model

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

BPR METHODOLOGY; BUSINESS MODELLING;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 0032141798     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-5849(98)00051-2     Document Type: Article

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