ERP Misfit: Country of origin and organizational factors

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 263-292

  Wang, Eric T G ^a   Klein, Gary ^{b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j}   Jiang, James J ^a,k,l  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c ACCENTURE   (United States)

^d Information Systems Department

^e Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

^f ASSOCIATION FOR COMPUTING MACHINERY   (United States)

^g Decision Sciences Institute   (United States)

^h INFORMS ^*

ⁱ American Society for the Advancement of Project Management   (United States)

^j Project Management Institute   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^l NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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Author keywords

Consultant quality; Country of origin; Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Implementation; Misfit; Social shaping

Indexed keywords

CONSULTANT QUALITY; COUNTRY OF ORIGIN; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP); SOCIAL SHAPING;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 33845774902     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222230109     Document Type: Article

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