The hidden financial costs of ERP software

Managerial Finance

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 78-90

  Lindley, James T ^a   Topping, Sharon ^a   Lindley, Lee T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b Information Systems Consultant   (United States)

Author keywords

Capital budgeting; Decision making; Manufacturing resource planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015708010     PISSN: 03074358     EISSN: 17587743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/03074350810841277     Document Type: Article

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