Response of small enterprises to the pressures of ERP adoption

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-50

  Rajendran, R ^a   Elangovan, N ^b  

^a SRI RAMAKRISHNA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b RVS Institute of Management Studies and Research   (India)

Author keywords

Adoption; Benefits; Challenges; Enterprise resource planning; Institutional pressures; Mediation effect; Organizational complexity; Response strategy

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; BENEFITS; CHALLENGES; MEDIATION EFFECT; ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY; RESPONSE STRATEGY;

INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84860532309     PISSN: 15481115     EISSN: 15481123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeis.2012010103     Document Type: Article

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