Enterprise systems complexity and its antecedents: A grounded-theory approach

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 639-668

  Schoenherr, Tobias ^a   Hilpert, Ditmar ^b   Soni, Ashok K ^c   Venkataramanan, M A ^c   Mabert, Vincent A ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b REUTLINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Business enterprise; Complexity theory; Germany; Management strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952590541     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571011046058     Document Type: Article

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