Re-engineering business processes through application service providers: Challenges, issues and complexities

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 776-794

  Weerakkody, Vishanth ^a   Currie, Wendy L ^a   Ekanayake, Yamaya ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business planning; Information systems; Suppliers; United Kingdom; Worldwide web

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986156458     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150310506693     Document Type: Review

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