Assessment of E-Business Transformation Using Simulation Modeling

SIMULATION

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 731-744

  Bosilj Vuksic, Vesna ^a   Stemberger, Mojca Indihar ^b   Jaklic, Jurij ^b   Kovacic, Andrej ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

business process reengineering (BPR); business renovation; business to business (B2B); e business; procurement; Simulation modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS PROCESS REENGINEERING (BPR);

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0036960348     PISSN: 00375497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0037549702078012003     Document Type: Article

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