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Integrated modeling: the key to holistic understanding of the enterprise

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Current business modeling methods are one-dimensional. Here, an integrated modeling approach helps decision makers study the enterprise as a whole from multiple perspectives.

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                cover image Communications of the ACM
                Communications of the ACM  Volume 48, Issue 4
                Transforming China
                April 2005
                106 pages
                ISSN:0001-0782
                EISSN:1557-7317
                DOI:10.1145/1053291
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