Business process reengineering in the public sector: The case of the housing development board in Singapore

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 245-270

  Thong, James Y L ^b   Yap, Chee Sing ^b   Seah, Kin Lee ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Case study; Information technology; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034435053     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.2000.11045634     Document Type: Article

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