Exploring managerial factors affecting ERP implementation: An investigation of the Klein-Sorra model using regression splines

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 499-527

  Osei Bryson, Kweku Muata ^a   Dong, Linying ^b   Ngwenyama, Ojelanki ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ERP implementation; Information systems management; Information systems success; IT implementation management; Multivariate adaptive regression splines

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149099219     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2008.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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