Implementation critical success factors (CSFs) for ERP: Do they contribute to implementation success and post-implementation performance?

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 157-174

  Ram, Jiwat ^a   Corkindale, David ^a   Wu, Ming Lu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Business process re engineering; Critical success factors (CSFs); Enterprise resource planning (ERP); Implementation of enterprise systems; Information system success; Organizational performance; Project management; Structural equation modeling (SEM); System integration; Training and education

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTOR; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP); ENTERPRISE SYSTEM; INFORMATION SYSTEM SUCCESS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; TRAINING AND EDUCATION;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84877925675     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2013.01.032     Document Type: Article

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