ERP systems in SMEs: A literature review

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Haddara, Moutaz ^a   Zach, Ondrej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP ADOPTION; ERP SYSTEM; INFORMATION FLOWS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZE ENTERPRISE; VALUE NETWORK;

INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 79952940920     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2011.191     Document Type: Conference Paper

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