The management of cross-functional inter-dependencies in ERP implementations: Emergent coordination patterns

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 371-387

  Gosain, Sanjay ^a   Lee, Zoonky ^b   Kim, Yongbeom ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; ERP projects; Functional coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244465768     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000549     Document Type: Article

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