Enterprise resource planning success: An exploratory study of the financial executive perspective

Industrial Management and Data Systems

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1288-1303

  Peslak, Alan R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost analysis; Information systems; Performance management; Project management; Resource management; Time study

Indexed keywords

BUDGET PERFORMANCE; TIME PERFORMANCE;

BUDGET CONTROL; COSTS; DATA ACQUISITION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PERSONNEL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33749986810     PISSN: 02635577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02635570610712582     Document Type: Article

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