Compensation-based incentives, ERP and delivery performance: Analysis from production and improvement perspectives

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 415-441

  da Silveira, Giovani J C ^a   Snider, Brent ^a   Balakrishnan, Jaydeep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compensation based incentives; Delivery performance; Enterprise resource planning; Human resources management; Process improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874813642     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443571311307307     Document Type: Article

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