Complementary controls and ERP implementation success

International Journal of Accounting Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-39

  Grabski, Severin V ^a   Leech, Stewart A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business risks; Complementarity; Control theory; ERP implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847668878     PISSN: 14670895     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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