ERP Acquisition Planning: A Critical Dimension for Making the Right Choice

Long Range Planning

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-63

  Verville, Jacques ^a   Palanisamy, Ramaraj ^a   Bernadas, Christine ^a   Halingten, Alannah ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DATA ACQUISITION; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PLANNING; SOFTWARE PACKAGES;

CHOICE OF ACQUISITION STRATEGY; MARKETPLACE ANALYSIS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

DATA ACQUISITION; DECISION MAKING; PLANNING PROCESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34247553964     PISSN: 00246301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lrp.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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