Call for papers: Business Process Improvement from a Chinese Perspective

A special issue of International Journal of Enterprise Network Management

In mid-2010, China became the world’s second largest economy to the USA, overtaking Germany and Japan. There are huge opportunities in the Chinese markets for local and overseas businesses. Many overseas firms are looking for ways to enter the Chinese market. On the other hand, many organizations in China are seeking new ways to grow in the Chinese market. Organizations in China are taking initiatives in order to optimize their underlying processes to achieve more efficient results.

Business process improvement (BPI) is a systematic approach to help any organization make significant changes in the way it does business. BPI can be undertaken by implementing business process projects such as total quality management (TQM) and business process re-engineering (BPR). However, many Chinese businesses adopt practices that differ from common international processes. The results of some BPI projects were below expectations. Hence, the concept and applications of BPI still needs to be researched further from a Chinese perspective.

This special issue aims to attract high quality papers covering current research and practice in the field of business processes improvement from a Chinese prospective.

Key issues include but are not limited to:

• Business processes in extended enterprises
• Total quality management (TQM)
• Business process re-engineering (BPR)
• Business process modelling
• Business process improvement techniques
• Business process interoperability
• Business process performance
• Business process risk management
• Critical success factors for business process improvement
• Information processing in business processes
• Industry case studies on business processes

Important Dates
Deadline for submission: 15 May, 2011
Papers reviewed by: 15 July, 2011
Final re-submission: 15 September, 2011