While it is now well established that IT intensive firms are moreproductive, a critical question remains: Does IT cause productivity orare productive firms simply willing to spend more on IT? We address thisquestion by examining the productivity and performance effects ofenterprise systems...

The business value of Enterprise Systems (ES), and in general large software implementations, has been extensively debated in both the popular press and in the academic literature for over three decades. Organizations have invested heavily in Enterprise Systems (and related infrastructure),...

Enterprise Resource Planning systems evolution initiatives often represent the single largest investment (and therefore risk) for distribution corporations yet there exist few management frameworks in the literature to help decision makers measure risk during this organization-wide change...

Information systems change initiatives often represent the single largest investment (and therefore risk) for large corporations yet there exist few management frameworks in the literature to help decision makers measure risk during this organization-wide change process. The Organization Risk...

Life cycle models have become important in explaining the changing size structure of firms based on the carrying capacity of regions or industries. In particular, the population ecology model predicts stages of growth, maturity and eventually decline in the number of firms in an industry. There...

Purpose: This paper examines a detailed case study of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) customization failure in an Egyptian state-owned company (AML) by drawing on new institutional sociology and its extensions. It explains how ERP customization failure is shaped by the interplay between...

The purposes of this dissertation were to define enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, assess the varying performance benefits flowing from different ERP system implementation statuses, and investigate the impact of critical success factors (CSFs) on the ERP system deployment process. A...

CFOs and other managers depend on consultants to provide advice on management control systems (MCS) and the expertise to implement these systems. However, there is little evidence on the determinants of the consultant’s advice about whether managers should adopt management control systems. I...

Effective information and resource management are the most important factors driving businesses to success. In today's dynamic and turbulent global business environment, there is a strong need for organisations to be competitive under all circumstances. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) can be...

Verslo valdymo sistemos (VVS) Lietuvoje jau gana ilgą laiką yra intepretuojamos kaip būtina inovacija įmonėms, norinčioms konkuruoti šiuolaikinėje ekonominėje terpėje. Todėl šiuo metu vis daugiau įmonių pasiryžta įdiegti VVS, o tai didelių investicijų reikalaujantis projektas,...