Enterprise resource-planning systems adoption in Bahrain: Motives, benefits, and barriers

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 310-334

  Kamhawi, Emad M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAHRAIN   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; Developing countries; Manufacturing resource planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449097730     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390810866655     Document Type: Article

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