Investigating ERP systems procurement practice: Hong Kong and Australian experiences

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1011-1022

  Poon, Pak Lok ^a   Yu, Yuen Tak ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Enterprise resource planning; Software acquisition; Software procurement; Software requirements; Software selection

Indexed keywords

ASIA PACIFIC REGION; AUSTRALIA; BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS; CHINESE FIRMS; COMPETITIVE EDGES; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP ADOPTION; ERP SYSTEM; HONG-KONG; KNOW-HOW; LEGACY APPLICATIONS; LESSONS LEARNED; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; PROCUREMENT PRACTICES; PROCUREMENT PROCESS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOFTWARE ACQUISITION; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES; SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE SELECTION; STRATEGIC WEAPONS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE SELECTION AND EVALUATION; LEGACY SYSTEMS; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 77955414589     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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