Exposing best practices through narrative: The ERP example

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 143, Issue , 2004, Pages 433-452

  Wagner, Erica L ^a   Galliers, Robert D ^b   Scott, Susan V ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Actor network theory; Appropriation; Best practice; ERP systems; Implementation; Interpretive research; Longitudinal research; Narrative analysis

Indexed keywords

PROJECT MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SCIENCES COMPUTING;

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; APPROPRIATION; BEST PRACTICES; ERP SYSTEM; IMPLEMENTATION; INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH; LONGITUDINAL RESEARCH; NARRATIVE ANALYSIS;

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING;

EID: 84902495798     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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