The impact of project team attributes on ERP system implementations: A positivist field investigation

Information Technology and People

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-109

  Rothenberger, Marcus A ^a   Srite, Mark ^b   Jones Graham, Karen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Manufacturing resource planning; Stakeholder analysis; Team working

Indexed keywords

EID: 77049112030     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593841011022555     Document Type: Article

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