Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/190588 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management (IJBSAM) [ISSN:] 1753-0296 [Volume:] 2 [Issue:] 3 [Publisher:] International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management [Place:] s.l. [Year:] 2007 [Pages:] 4-21
Publisher: 
International Journal of Business Science & Applied Management, s.l.
Abstract: 
E-Business modelling and ebusiness systems development assumes fixed company resources, structures, and business processes. Empirical and theoretical evidence suggests that company resources and structures are emergent rather than fixed. Planning business activity in emergent contexts requires flexible ebusiness models based on better management theories and models. This paper builds and proposes a theoretical model of ebusiness systems capable of catering for emergent factors that affect business processes. Drawing on development of theories of the "action and design" class the Theory of Deferred Action is invoked as the base theory for the theoretical model. A theoretical model of flexible process architecture is presented by identifying its core components and their relationships, and then illustrated with exemplar flexible process architectures capable of responding to emergent factors. Managerial implications of the model are considered and the model's generic applicability is discussed.
Subjects: 
service science
Theory of Deferred Action
theoretical model
business process
process architecture
emergence
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Document Type: 
Article

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