Role of process knowledge in business process improvement methodology: A case study

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 920-936

  Seethamraju, Ravi ^a   Marjanovic, Olivera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Knowledge management; Research methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949092865     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150911003784     Document Type: Review

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