ERPs in SMEs: Ex-post evaluation of success factors

Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 1706-1717

  Federici, Tommaso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUSCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Context and project related factors; ERP; Ex post evaluation; SME

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT-AND PROJECT-RELATED FACTORS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP SYSTEM; EX-POST EVALUATION; MULTI-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; SME; SOFTWARE HOUSE; SUCCESS FACTORS;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 67249099155     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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