Empirical assessment of factors influencing success of enterprise resource planning implementations

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 26-50

  Nah, Fiona Fui Hoon ^a   Islam, Zahidul ^b   Tan, Mathew ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^c AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (Malaysia)

^d MNC's   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Enterprise resources planning; Project implementation

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MANUFACTURE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATIONS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURES; PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION; TOP MANAGEMENT SUPPORT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 47649107612     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2007100102     Document Type: Article

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