ERP systems success: An empirical analysis of how two organizational stakeholder groups prioritize and evaluate relevant measures

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-48

  Ifinedo, P ^a   Nahar, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business managers; Enterprise management; Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Enterprise systems organizational issues; Human resource management; Measurement, IT professionals managers; Organizational stakeholder groups; Strategic information systems; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548032213     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570601088539     Document Type: Article

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