Enterprise resource planning and the price of efficiency: The trade off between business efficiency and the innovative capability of firms

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 367-379

  Trott, P ^a   Hoecht, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

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INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INNOVATION; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOFTWARE;

EID: 7544234464     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953732042000251142     Document Type: Article

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