A value-driven approach to the design of service-oriented information systems-making use of conceptual models

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-97

  Thomas, Oliver ^a   Vom Brocke, Jan ^b  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN   (Liechtenstein)

Author keywords

Business process management; Conceptual modeling; Methodology; Service oriented architecture; Value; Web services

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449526814     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-009-0110-z     Document Type: Article

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