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ERP systems in SMEs: A literature review

Moutaz HaddaraOndrej Zach

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GlobalizationKnowledge managementValue networkbusiness.industryInformation systemResource allocationInformation flow (information theory)BusinessVDP::Social science: 200::Library and information science: 320::Information and communication systems: 321Limited resourcesEnterprise resource planningRisk management

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Published version of a chapter in Proceedings of the 44th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Also available from the publisher: http://doi.dx.org/10.1109/HICSS.2011.191 This review summarizes research on enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Due to the close-to-saturation of ERP adoptions in large enterprises (LEs), ERP vendors now focus more on SMEs. Moreover, because of globalization, partnerships, value networks, and the huge information flow across and within SMEs nowadays, more and more SMEs are adopting ERP systems. Risks of adoption rely on the fact that SMEs have limited resources and specific characteristics that make their case different from LEs. The main focus of this article is to shed the light on the areas that lack sufficient research within the ERP in SMEs domain, suggest future research avenues, as well as, present the current research findings that could aid practitioners, suppliers, and SMEs when embarking on ERP projects.

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2011-01-01
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/136281