Evaluating business process-integrated information technology investment

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-233

  Lee, In ^a  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Information management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077486     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150410530271     Document Type: Article

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