Assessing readiness for business process reengineering

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 497-511

  Abdolvand, Neda ^a   Albadvi, Amir ^a   Ferdowsi, Zahra ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Assessment; Business process reengineering; Critical success factors; Iran; Organizational change

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349100140     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150810888046     Document Type: Article

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