Abstract
Enterprise Resource Planning systems are central elements in longterm wide-ranging design and use networks. Present ERP research focuses on single-enterprise implementation and fails to address important features of the
ERP networks such as multi-spatiality, the design of the generic and the dynamics over time. A six-field matrix is proposed as a conceptual frame,encompassing short- and long-term, and micro, meso and macro elements and leaving implementation as but one out of six aspects. Empirical research shows the long-term drift of an ERP community crosscutting locally and globally, and
a single-enterprise case combines implementation and use underlining the marked reconfiguration of ERP modules and processes in a professional service company.
Original language | English |
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Journal | International Journal of Business Information Systems |
Volume | 2 |
Issue number | 4 |
Pages (from-to) | 536-546 |
ISSN | 1746-0972 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- actor network theory
- community
- ERP
- configuration
- biography