A structured evaluation of business process improvement approaches

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-237

  Zellner, Gregor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Process improvement; Process management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955590445     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151111122329     Document Type: Review

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