Culturalizing enterprise software for the Chinese context: An argument for accommodating guanxi-based business practices

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 364-379

  Marble, Robert P ^a   Lu, Yiping ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural aspects of software; ERP systems; Guanxi based business practices

Indexed keywords

CHINA; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CULTURAL ASPECTS OF SOFTWARE; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM ADAPTATION; GUANXI-BASED BUSINESS PRACTICES; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 34047133883     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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