According to the received view (for example [9]), there are three logico-semantic moods: indicative, imperative and interrogative, and there are two main components in natural language sentences: modal element (which determines sentence’s mood) and sentence radical. On the other hand, it seems that the received view on the sentence components is challenged by the fact that there are two ways to...

— Chinese enterprises have become extensively linked with the global economy, yet in a shallow manner. They remain stuck in commodity manufacturing, undifferentiated activities for which innovation is absent. Competition then revolves around cutthroat cost cutting. This outcome stems from three factors. First, it reflects the new challenges to development posed by globally networked production....

This article analyses and tests a novel framework for the evaluation of an ERP project. The framework incorporates specific performance measures, which are linked to a previously developed model, (the ‘six-imperatives’ framework) and are relevant to ERP implementation Two case studies illustrate the use of the framework in two Greek companies aiming to measure, in practical terms, the impact of...