ERP in the minds of supervisors: Joint roles of task interdependence and cultural norms

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 558-578

  Bendoly, Elliot ^a   Bachrach, Daniel G ^b   Wang, Hui ^c   Zhang, Shouyang ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Culture; Managers; Manufacturing resource planning; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645507952     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443570610659900     Document Type: Article

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