Identification and assessment of risks associated with ERP post-implementation in China

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-614

  Peng, Guo Chao ^a   Nunes, Miguel Baptista ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Manufacturing resource planning; Risk management

Indexed keywords

EID: 72149124800     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390910993554     Document Type: Article

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