Global-local negotiations for implementing configurable packages: The power of initial organizational decisions

Journal of Strategic Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 121-145

  Pozzebon, Marlei ^a   Pinsonneault, Alain ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Configurable technology; Critical discourse analysis; ERP implementation; Global local negotiation; Intensive research; Power knowledge balance; Qualitative research methods; Temporal bracketing analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CONFIGURABLE TECHNOLOGY; CRITICAL DISCOURSE ANALYSIS; ERP IMPLEMENTATIONS; GLOBAL/LOCAL NEGOTIATIONS; INTENSIVE RESEARCH; POWER/KNOWLEDGE BALANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; TEMPORAL BRACKETING ANALYSIS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 23044509203     PISSN: 09638687     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsis.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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