SOCIAL CAPITAL IN ERP PROJECTS: THE DIFFERENTIAL SOURCE AND EFFECTS OF BRIDGING AND BONDING

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2002

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 257-265

  Newell, Sue ^a,b   Huang, Jimmy ^c   Tansley, Carole ^d  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

case study research; ERP systems; Innovation; project management; social capital; system implementation

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUILDING PROCESS; CASE STUDY RESEARCH; DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONS; ERP PROJECTS; ERP SYSTEM; INNOVATION; INNOVATIONS PROCESS; KNOWLEDGE INTEGRATION; SOCIAL CAPITALS; SYSTEMS IMPLEMENTATION;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14044270574     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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