Field testing of the proposed predictors of BPR success in manufacturing firms

Journal of Manufacturing Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-65

  Guimaraes, Tor ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bpr success; Business process reengineering; Implementation; Success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039931184     PISSN: 02786125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6125(99)80012-0     Document Type: Note

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