Motivation to implement ERP in e-government: An analysis from success stories

Electronic Government

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-240

  Raymond, Louis ^a   Uwizeyemungu, Sylvestre ^a   Bergeron, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

E government; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Enterprise systems; Motivations; Public sector

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744754794     PISSN: 17407494     EISSN: 17407508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/EG.2006.009597     Document Type: Article

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