Transitioning to a business rule management service model: Case studies from the property and casualty insurance industry

Information and Management

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-41

  Nelson, Matthew L ^a   Peterson, John ^b   Rariden, Robert L ^a   Sen, Ravi ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State Farm Mutual Insurance Companies   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business rule services model; Business rules management systems; IT service centers

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS RULE MANAGEMENT; BUSINESS RULES; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; INSURANCE INDUSTRY; IT ALIGNMENT; IT SERVICES; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; STUDY METHODS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INSURANCE; RESEARCH;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 71449115645     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2009.09.007     Document Type: Article

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