Towards a framework for business process re-engineering in small and medium-sized enterprises

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 199-215

  Chang, Lih Jen ^a   Powell, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Small businesses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032264926     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.1998.00035.x     Document Type: Article

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