Determinants of ERP implementation knowledge transfer

Information and Management

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 528-539

  Xu, Qing ^a   Ma, Qingguo ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Bidirectional knowledge transfer; ERP; Knowledge transfer; Transfer activities; Transfer context

Indexed keywords

DECODING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; BIDIRECTIONAL KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; ERP; KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER; TRANSFER ACTIVITIES; TRANSFER CONTEXT;

KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56049084406     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2008.08.004     Document Type: Article

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