Evaluating Readiness for ERP Adoption in Manufacturing SMEs

International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems (IJEIS)

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1-17

  Raymond, Louis ^a   Rivard, Suzanne ^b   Jutras, Danie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

enterprise IS; information technology adoption; small to medium enterprises; systems implementation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001837125     PISSN: 15481115     EISSN: 15481123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jeis.2006100101     Document Type: Article

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