Case study of open-source enterprise resource planning implementation in a small business

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-94

  Olson, David L ^a   Staley, Jesse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

enterprise resource planning systems; open source software; risk factors; small business

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC CONDITION; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGINEERING FIRMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING IMPLEMENTATIONS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS; ERP SOFTWARE; ERP SYSTEM; MAKE TO ORDER; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN-SOURCE; OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARES; RISK DIMENSIONS; RISK FACTORS; SMALL BUSINESS;

INDUSTRY; OPEN SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84855965479     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2011.566697     Document Type: Review

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