Inhibiting factors for adopting enterprise systems in networks of small and medium-sized enterprises - An exploratory case study

14th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2008

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1403-1411

  Schäfermeyer, Markus ^a   Rosenkranz, Christoph ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Case study; Competitive advantage; Enterprise system; Information and communication technology; Network; Small and medium sized enterprises

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INHIBITING FACTORS; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE;

COMPETITION; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RESEARCH;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84870334590     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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