Process orientation: Conceptualization and measurement

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 267-283

  Kohlbacher, Markus ^a   Gruenwald, Stefan ^a  

^a CAMPUS 02 Fachhochschule der Wirtschaft GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Manufacturing industry; Measurement; Process management

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955594375     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151111122347     Document Type: Review

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