An empirical study of flexible business process based on modularity system theory

Proc. - The 3rd Int. Multi-Conf. Computing in the Global Information Technology, ICCGI 2008 in Conjunction with ComP2P 2008: The 1st Int. Workshop on Computational P2P Networks: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-44

  Ding, Fang ^a   Jie, Liu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYBERNETICS; ENCAPSULATION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SYSTEM THEORY; TECHNOLOGY;

BUSINESS PROCESSES; BUSINESS PROCESSING; CUSTOMER DEMANDS; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT CHANGE; GLOBAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN ASSETS; MODULAR DESIGNS; MODULAR SYSTEMS; P2P NETWORKS; PHYSICAL ASSETS; PLUG-AND-PLAY; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

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EID: 52249121399     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCGI.2008.35     Document Type: Conference Paper

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