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The paper highlights the challenges in process performance issues in large public sector professional organizations. Factors causing process inefficiencies and prolonged lead-times in two Finnish Courts of Law are introduced and analyzed.
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Pekkanen, P., Karppinen, H., Pirttilä, T. (2009). What Causes Prolonged Lead-Times in Courts of Law?. In: Reiner, G. (eds) Rapid Modelling for Increasing Competitiveness. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-748-6_18
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