An investigation of critical management issues in ERP implementation: Emperical evidence from Canadian organizations

Technovation

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 793-807

  Kumar, Vinod ^a   Maheshwari, Bharat ^a   Kumar, Uma ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERP implementation; Process theory approach; Technology innovation

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROCESS CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INFRASTRUCTURES;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 0042128400     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4972(02)00015-9     Document Type: Article

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