In modern enterprises, workflow technology is commonly used for business processautomation. Established business processes represent successful business practice andbecome a crucial part of corporate assets. In the Internet era, electronic business is chosenby more and more organisations as a...

Traditionally the approach used to analyse technological innovation focused on the application of the techno-economic paradigm with the production function as its foundation. This thesis explores the rise of the evolutionary paradigm as a more suitable conceptual approach to investigating...