Assimilation of enterprise systems: The effect of institutional pressures and the mediating role of top management

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 59-87

  Liang, Huigang ^a   Saraf, Nilesh ^b   Hu, Qing ^c   Xue, Yajiong ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning; Innovation diffusion; Institutional theory; Technology assimilation; Top management

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INNOVATION DIFFUSION; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; TECHNOLOGY ASSIMILATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 33847761422     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148781     Document Type: Article

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