Business process reengineering in UAE public sector: A town planning case study

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 348-378

  Hesson, Mihyar ^a   Al Ameed, Hayder ^a   Samaka, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Business process reengineering; Public sector organizations; Town planning; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249795203     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150710752281     Document Type: Article

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