Dynamic business network process management in instant virtual enterprises

Computers in Industry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 86-103

  Grefen, Paul ^a   Mehandjiev, Nikolay ^b   Kouvas, Giorgos ^c   Weichhart, Georg ^d   Eshuis, Rik ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Exodus SA   (Greece)

^d JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Business process management; Dynamic supply chain; Electronic business; Virtual enterprise

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; VIRTUAL CORPORATION; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

AUTOMATED SUPPORTS; BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS PROCESSES; COMPETITIVE MARKETS; COMPLEX PRODUCTS; DYNAMIC BUSINESS; DYNAMIC COMPOSITIONS; DYNAMIC NETWORKS; DYNAMIC SUPPLY CHAIN; DYNAMIC VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE; ELECTRONIC BUSINESS; INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL WORKFLOW; PROCESS SUPPORTS; VIRTUAL ENTERPRISE;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 58849124141     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2008.06.006     Document Type: Article

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