Enterprise system implementation issues: Learning from field study in Poland

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-200

  Soja, P ^a  

^a CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Enterprise system; Implementation; Implementation effects; Project conditions; Success factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006664859     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517570802398216     Document Type: Article

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