Business activity patterns: A new model for collaborative business applications

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 683-694

  Moody, Paul ^a   Gruen, Dan ^a   Muller, Michael J ^a   Tang, John ^b   Moran, Thomas P ^b  

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

^b IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ACTIVITY-CENTERED COMPUTING; BUSINESS ACTIVITY PATTERNS;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 33845219822     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: 00188670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.454.0683     Document Type: Article

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