Examining determinants of enterprise system adoptions in transition economies: Insights from Polish adopters

Information Systems Management

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-210

  Soja, Piotr ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Barriers; Critical success factors; Determinants; Emerging economy; Enterprise system adoption; Poland; Transition economy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960357913     PISSN: 10580530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10580530.2011.585584     Document Type: Article

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