Using a multimethod approach to research enterprise systems implementations

Electronic Journal of Business Research Methods

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 69-82

  Esteves, José ^a   Pastor, Joan ^b  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Enterprise resource planning; ERP implementation projects; Implementation phases

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349344450     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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