ERP implementation in Portugal: Interpreting dimensions of power

Association for Information Systems - 11th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2005: A Conference on a Human Scale

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages 2487-2494

  Wenger, Mitchell R ^a   Dhillon, Gurpreet ^a   Caldeira, Mario ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dimensions of power; Emerging economies; ERP implementation; Portugal; SMES

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONS OF POWER; EMERGING ECONOMIES; ERP IMPLEMENTATION; PORTUGAL; SMES;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84870039346     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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