Integrating a data quality perspective into business process management

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1036-1067

  Ofner, Martin H ^a   Otto, Boris ^a   Österle, Hubert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Business process redesign; Data quality; Decision making; Process analysis; Process management; Process modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868016860     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151211283401     Document Type: Article

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