BPR implementation in Europe: The adaptation of a management concept

New Technology, Work and Employment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 43-58

  Albizu, Eneka ^a   Olazaran, Mikel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; TIMESCALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 33644779709     PISSN: 02681072     EISSN: 1468005X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-005X.2006.00162.x     Document Type: Article

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