ERP as an integration strategy: Issues, challenges, benefits, and risks

IT-Enabled Strategic Management: Increasing Returns for the Organization

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 121-141

  Singletary, Les ^a   Huynh, Minh Q ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 46049119721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-908-3.ch007     Document Type: Chapter

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