The effectiveness of workflow management systems: A longitudinal study

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 126-141

  Reijers, H A ^a,b   Vanderfeesten, I ^b   Van Der Aalst, W M P ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Automation; Business process performance; IT effectiveness; Simulation; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

BUSINESS PROCESS; IT EFFECTIVENESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGY; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENTS;

WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

EID: 84947213024     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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