Impacts of business vision, top management support, and external expertise on ERP success

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 551-568

  Ifinedo, Princely ^a  

^a CAPE BRETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer software; Consultants; Manufacturing resource planning; Senior managers

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349098204     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150810888073     Document Type: Article

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