Identification and classification of ERP critical failure factors in Iranian industries

Information Systems

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 227-237

  Amid, Amin ^a   Moalagh, Morteza ^b   Zare Ravasan, Ahad ^c  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Critical failure factors (CFFs); Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Robust exploratory factor analysis (EFA)

Indexed keywords

COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES; CRITICAL FAILURES; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FAILURE FACTORS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MANAGEMENT STANDARDS; PROJECT TEAM; ROBUST EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS (EFA); SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84855471254     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2011.10.010     Document Type: Article

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