Antecedents of MRP adoption in small and medium-sized firms

Benchmarking: An International Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 144-156

  Petroni, Alberto ^a   Rizzi, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Implementation; MRP; Small to medium sized firms; Technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986077126     PISSN: 14635771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14635770110389852     Document Type: Article

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