Exploring the rationales for ERP and knowledge management integration in SMEs

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Metaxiotis, Kostas ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intellectual capital; Knowledge management; Manufacturing resource planning; Small to medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

EID: 67249090370     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390910922822     Document Type: Article

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