Earnings forecasts in enterprise information systems environment

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-19

  Liang, Lihong ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Decision support systems; Enterprise application; Enterprise information systems for financial sector; Enterprise management; Enterprise resource planning systems; Financial analysts' forecasts; Financial sector; Forecast accuracy; Forecast frequency

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EARNINGS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE MANAGEMENT; FORECAST ACCURACY; FORECAST FREQUENCY;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 39849096026     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570701846539     Document Type: Article

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