Factors affecting ERP system implementation effectiveness

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-78

  Maditinos, Dimitrios ^a   Chatzoudes, Dimitrios ^b   Tsairidis, Charalampos ^b  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cost effectiveness; Enterprise resource planning; ERP system effective implementation; External support; Internal support; Linear structure equation modelling; Resource efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055191135     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410391211192161     Document Type: Article

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