A literature review and classification of enterprise software selection approaches

International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 217-238

  En, Ceyda Güngör ^a   BaraÇli, Hayr ^a   En, Selçuk ^b  

^a YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Audio Electronics   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Decision making methods; Enterprise software; Functional classification; Literature review; Software selection approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 67749130820     PISSN: 02196220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219622009003351     Document Type: Review

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