How "critical" are the critical success factors (CSFs)?: Examining the role of CSFs for ERP

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 151-174

  Ram, Jiwat ^a   Corkindale, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antecedents; Content analysis; Critical success factors; Enterprise resource planning; ERP; Implementation; Organizational performance; Performance; Qualitative interpretive analysis; Success

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892411421     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BPMJ-11-2012-0127     Document Type: Review

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