Critical success factors in international ERP implementations: A case research approach

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 60-70

  Plant, Robert ^a   Willcocks, Leslie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case study; Critical success factors; Enterprise resource planning systems; International MIS implementations

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIS IMPLEMENTATION; NEW BUSINESS PRACTICES; PROJECT DEVELOPMENT; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 34249708872     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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