Approaches to business process analysis: A review

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 99-112

  Biazzo, Stefano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methodology; Modelling; Process management

Indexed keywords

EID: 17244371550     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150010321277     Document Type: Article

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