An empirical examination of the effects of information systems integration on business process improvement

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1331-1359

  Bhatt, Ganesh D ^a  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications; Database administration; Information systems; Process improvement; Quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543147718     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570010348280     Document Type: Article

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