Business process reengineering: A theoretical framework and an integrated model

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 18, Issue 9-10, 1998, Pages 964-977

  Motwani, Jaideep ^a   Kumar, Ashok ^a   Jiang, James ^a   Youssef, Mohamed ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BPR; Literature; Organizational change; Research

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032327886     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/EUM0000000004536     Document Type: Review

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