Business analysis metrics for business process redesign

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 445-480

  Valiris, George ^a   Glykas, Michalis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business analysis; Business process re engineering; Modelling; Optimization techniques

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649115676     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150410548100     Document Type: Article

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