An exploratory study of alignment ERP implementation and organizational development activities in a newly established firm

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 298-316

  Chen, Jau Rong ^a  

^a MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Internal auditing; Internal control; Manufacturing resource planning; Organizational development; Strategic alignment

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649352537     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390910949733     Document Type: Article

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