Adoption and risk of ERP systems in manufacturing SMEs: A positivist case study

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 530-550

  Poba Nzaou, Placide ^a   Raymond, Louis ^a   Fabi, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Manufacturing resource planning; Modelling; Organizational change; Risk management; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349111707     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637150810888064     Document Type: Article

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