Do top- And mid-level managers view Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems success measures differently?

International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 618-635

  Ifinedo, Princely ^a   Nahar, Nazmun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

ERP success; Estonia; Finland; Mid level managers; Organisational stakeholder groups; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747497052     PISSN: 14684330     EISSN: 17418127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMED.2006.010357     Document Type: Article

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