Enterprise size matters: Objectives and constraints of ERP adoption

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 319-334

  Laukkanen, Sanna ^a   Sarpola, Sami ^a   Hallikainen, Petri ^a  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

Author keywords

Finland; Resource allocation; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147104834     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390710740763     Document Type: Article

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