How does organisational absorptive capacity matter in the assimilation of enterprise information systems?

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-267

  Saraf, Nilesh ^a   Liang, Huigang ^b   Xue, Yajiong ^b   Hu, Qing ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Enterprise systems; ERP assimilation; Institutional influences; IT assimilation; Organisational learning

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY; ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; ERP ASSIMILATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; IT ASSIMILATION; ORGANISATIONAL LEARNING;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84876103477     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2011.00397.x     Document Type: Article

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