SME adoption of enterprise systems in the Northwest of England: An environmental, technological, and organizational perspective

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 235, Issue , 2007, Pages 409-429

  Ramdani, Boumediene ^a   Kawalek, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adoption; Enterprise system; ICT; SMEs

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRY; INNOVATION;

ADOPTION; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; ICT; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVES; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 34547905749     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72804-9_27     Document Type: Conference Paper

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