Hybrid re-engineering strategies for process improvement

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 178-198

  Prasad, B ^a  

^a CERA Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; BPR; Organizational change; Process improvement; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133106     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637159910269728     Document Type: Article

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