An explanatory framework for achieving business benefits from ERP systems

Journal of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 424-465

  Staehr, Lorraine ^a   Shanks, Graeme ^b   Seddon, Peter B ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business benefits; Case studies; ERP systems; Theory building

Indexed keywords

HARDWARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BUSINESS BENEFITS; CASE STUDY APPROACH; CASE-STUDIES; ERP SYSTEM; MANUFACTURING COMPANIES; PACKAGED SOFTWARE; POST-IMPLEMENTATION; THEORY BUILDING;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84863330061     PISSN: 15583457     EISSN: 15369323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1jais.00299     Document Type: Article

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