A framework for identifying and understanding enterprise systems benefits

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 808-828

  Schubert, Petra ^a   Williams, Susan P ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Benefits; Case studies; Content analysis; Enterprise systems; ERP systems; Framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053066602     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151111166196     Document Type: Article

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