Research Commentary: Workflow Management Issues in e-Business
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چکیده
Trends towards increased business process automation, e-commerce, and e-business have led to increasing interest in the field of workflow management. In this paper, we provide a perspective on the state of research in workflow management systems, and discuss possible future research directions in this area, with a particular emphasis on workflow systems in integrating interorganizational processes and enabling e-commerce solutions. (Workflow Systems; e-Business;Workflow Specification;WorkflowModeling;B-to-B Exchange; e-Hubs; e-Services; Composition)
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Information Systems Research
دوره 13 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002