An AHP approach to assessing the relative importance weights of ERP performance measures

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 351-375

  Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Hsu, Ping Yu ^a,b,c   Cheng, Julian Ming Sung ^a   Chen, Yun Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NCU   (Netherlands)

^c Chinese ERP Association   (China)

Author keywords

Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP); Balanced scorecard; DeLone and McLean's IS success model; ERP performance measures; Key performance indicators (KPI)

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645295745     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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