Identification of critical failure factors in the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system in Taiwan’s industries

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-239

  Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Chien, Shih Wen ^a,a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

critical failure factors; ERP (enterprise resource planning); ERP experience cycle; ERP implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645300232     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2005.006312     Document Type: Article

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