Process model for e-Business standards development: A case of ebXML standards

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 448-467

  Choi, Beomjin ^a   Raghu, T S ^b   Vinze, Ajay ^b   Dooley, Kevin J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

E business standards; EbXML; Industry consortia; Process model; Standards creation process

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS-PROCESS; E-BUSINESS STANDARDS; EBUSINESS; EBXML; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS PATTERNS; REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS; RESEARCH APPROACH; STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC DECISION MAKING;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; PROCESS MONITORING;

STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 68249135145     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2013828     Document Type: Article

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