An analysis of web services support for dynamic business process outsourcing

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1115-1134

  Grefen, Paul ^a   Ludwig, Heiko ^b   Dan, Asit ^b   Angelov, Samuil ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic business process outsourcing; Dynamic service outsourcing; Inter organizational business process management; Web Services

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; OUTSOURCING; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DYNAMIC BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING; DYNAMIC SERVICE OUTSOURCING; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; WEB SERVICES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33749255350     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.03.010     Document Type: Article

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