So you're thinking of buying an ERP? Ten critical factors for successful acquisitions

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 665-677

  Verville, Jacques ^a   Bernadas, Christine ^a,c   Halingten, Alannah ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Halingten Verville and Associates   (United States)

^c International Business Administration

Author keywords

Computer software; Critical success factors; Manufacturing resource planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844437545     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390510628373     Document Type: Article

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