Business Transformation Through ERP: A Case Study of an Asian Company

Journal of Information Technology Case and Application Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-54

  Molla, Alemayehu ^a   Bhalla, Arjun ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia Developing Countries; Business Transformation; ERP; ERP Outcome; ERP Success; Seven S

Indexed keywords

EID: 84995754425     PISSN: 15228053     EISSN: 23336897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228053.2006.10856081     Document Type: Article

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