Risk management as a strategic issue for the implementation of ERP systems: a case study from the oil industry

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 20-35

  Tatsiopoulos, Ilias P ^a   Panayiotou, Nikolaos A ^a   Kirytopoulos, Konstantinos ^a   Tsitsiriggos, Konstantinos ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

case study; ERP systems; Risk management; SAP; strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902341978     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2003.003434     Document Type: Article

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