Competitive advantage in the ERP system's value-chain and its influence on future development

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 79-93

  Johansson, Björn ^a   Newman, Mike ^a,b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competitive advantage; Enterprise resource planning (erp); Erp development; Resource based view; Value chain

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ERP DEVELOPMENT; ERP SYSTEM; RESOURCE-BASED VIEW; VALUE CHAINS; VALUE-CHAIN;

COMPETITION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 75649130752     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570903040196     Document Type: Article

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