An empirical investigation of the moderating effects of BPR and TQM on ICT business value

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 564-586

  Loukis, E ^a   Pazalos, K ^a   St Georgiou, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Business performance; Business process re engineering; Communication technologies; Information systems; Total quality management

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149128914     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390910993545     Document Type: Article

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