ERPs and accountants' expertise: The construction of relevance

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-96

  El Sayed, Heba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountants; Case studies; Communication technologies; Egypt; Manufacturing resource planning; Skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 30344460635     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390610636896     Document Type: Article

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