An investigation of customization in ERP system implementations

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 663-676

  Rothenberger, Marcus A ^a   Srite, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Qualitative study; Success factors; System customization

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDY; CULTURAL ISSUE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP ADOPTION; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; ERP SYSTEM; QUALITATIVE DATA; QUALITATIVE STUDY; RESISTANCE TO CHANGE; SOFTWARE CUSTOMIZATION; SUCCESS FACTORS; SYSTEM CUSTOMIZATION;

RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 70350716522     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEM.2009.2028319     Document Type: Article

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