TY - BOOK AU - Hyötyläinen, Tahvo TI - Steps to improved firm performance with business process management : : adding business value with business process management and its systems / T2 - Advances in information systems and business engineering SN - 9783658074692 AV - HD 69 .H96 2015 PY - 2015/// CY - Wiesbaden PB - Springer Gabler KW - MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS KW - MANAGEMENT KW - PROCESS CONTROL KW - BUSINESS PLANNING KW - ECONOMICS KW - INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT KW - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY N1 - Includes bibliographical references; 1. Introduction -- 2. Systematic literature review of empirical support regarding BPMS and BPMM models -- 3. Theoretical approach -- 4. Case study -- 5. Action research -- 6. Discussion and conclusions N2 - ​Business Process Management (BPM) has become a widely adopted management approach, prompting significant investments by private and public companies since 2000. Since neither the concept of BPM nor the factors leading to successful BPM initiatives are grounded in theory and also lack empirical support, Tahvo Hyötyläinen explores what business value BPM and BPM Systems can cause and how they can bring about improved firm performance. The author’s main implication is to show how to enhance the probability of success with BPM and its Systems. His research also adds to the understanding on how to increase customer-centricity –an empirically supported yet less studied direction of BPM ER -