All Outputs (25)

A critical success factors model for ERP implementation (1999)
Journal Article
Holland, C., & Light, B. (1999). A critical success factors model for ERP implementation. IEEE Software, 16(3), 30-36. https://doi.org/10.1109/52.765784

An effective IT infrastructure can support a business vision and strategy; a poor, decentralized one can break a company. More and more companies are turning to off-the-shelf ERP solutions for IT planning and legacy systems management. The authors ha... Read More about A critical success factors model for ERP implementation.

A fast track SAP R/3 implementation at Guilbert Niceday (1999)
Journal Article
Gibson, N., Holland, C., & Light, B. (1999). A fast track SAP R/3 implementation at Guilbert Niceday. Electronic Markets, 9(3), 190-193. https://doi.org/10.1080/101967899359094

This paper examines the approach of Guilbert, a European stationery company, which has chosen a fast track strategy towards implementation of enterprise resource planning.

Focus Issue on Legacy Information Systems and Business Process Change (1999)
Journal Article
Holland, C., Light, B., & Kawalek, P. (1999). Focus Issue on Legacy Information Systems and Business Process Change. Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2(1),

This editorial is an introduction to a focus issue on legacy information systems research that has been conducted under the aegis of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) research programme into systems engineering and bus... Read More about Focus Issue on Legacy Information Systems and Business Process Change.

Potential pitfalls in packaged software adoption
Journal Article
Light, B. Potential pitfalls in packaged software adoption. Communications of the ACM, 48(5), 119-121. https://doi.org/10.1145/1060710.1060742

The social shaping of packaged software selection
Journal Article
Howcroft, D., & Light, B. The social shaping of packaged software selection. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 11(3),

As organisations increasingly engage in the selection, purchase, and adoption of packaged software products, how these activities are carried out in practice becomes increasingly relevant for researchers and practitioners. Our focus in this paper i... Read More about The social shaping of packaged software selection.