The influence of centrifugal and centripetal forces on ERP project success in small and medium-sized enterprises in China and Taiwan

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 380-396

  Chien, Shih Wen ^a   Hu, Changya ^b   Reimers, Kai ^c   Lin, Jeun Sheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

China; Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP); Implementation; Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs); Taiwan

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SME);

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 34047129780     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.10.002     Document Type: Article

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