Critical management issues in implementing ERP: empirical evidences from Taiwanese firms

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 299-318

  Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Chien, Shih Wen ^a   Fan, Yi Wen ^a   Ming Sung Cheng, Julian ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

balanced scorecard; enterprise resource planning (ERP); ERP experience cycle; services; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645297823     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2005.005802     Document Type: Article

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