A framework for analysing cost structures in Business Process Reengineering (BPR)

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 494-511

  Herath, S Kanthi ^a   Gupta, Atul ^a  

^a LYNCHBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity Based Costing (ABC); business process reengineering; cost management; management accountant; services; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644535312     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2005.007474     Document Type: Article

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