Previous studies on outcome evaluation and performance monitoring using gambling or simple cognitive tasks have identified two event-related potential (ERP) components that are particularly relevant to the neural responses to decision outcome. The feedback-related negativity (FRN), typically occurring 200-300 ms post-onset of feedback stimuli, encodes mainly the valence of outcome while the P30...

Firms worldwide are adopting enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Yet, few studies exist investigating the influence of organisationaltechnological contingency variables on the success of ERP systems. This study uses existing IS and ERP success evaluation models to investigate the influence of some of such contextual variables in two contrasting, yet similar, countries in Northern Europe...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system integrates key business and management processes within and beyond a firm’s boundary. While the business value of ERP implementations have been extensively debated in IT trade periodicals in the form of qualitative discussion or detailed case studies, there is little large sample statistical evidence on who adopts ERP and whether the benefits o...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, if implemented correctly, have shown that a firm can gain strategic and tactical advantages over their competition who do not implement such systems. However, with failure rates estimated to be as high as 50% of all ERP implementations, companies can be negatively impacted by a poorly performing ERP system. The research on ERP has focused on events le...

using it in today's world gurantees the existence and survival of the activities of an organization and without using them, not only the use of modern methods in the organization becomes impossible but the possibility of competence with other organizations will be eradicated. the erp is one of the important usages of it in the organizations that have got a special place. in the beginning, ...

There is anecdotal evidence that standards enforced by ERP systems are often in conflict with user demands. With lesser customization, ERP implementation projects are more likley to finish on time and budget; however, customization makes users happy. Also, in customised ERP, organisations run the risk of losing out on the benfit of best-processes factored in ERP packages. Organizations are ther...

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system selection is an early phase in the ERP adoption process. When organizations evaluate ERP, they commonly develop their own criteria that usually involve various and vendor related factors. While process critical, however, there apparent research gap literature. effort also focuses on system’s fit with organizational requirements needs. Thus, because ...

5 Outsourcing has evolved as a viable means to attain cost savings in organizational information technology. This option, however, involves significant risks. This paper discusses why formal cost evaluation models are difficult to apply in this decision, and 7 demonstrates how multi-criteria methods can be used to support this critical decision. 2006 Published by Elsevier Ltd. 9

what should be done to make ERP a good investment. It is very common, however, for companies to take a big leap of faith with ERP and supply chain management systems. And, unfortunately, more than 90 percent of the companies that have implemented ERP have not had a truly successful implementation the first time around. Despite the recent rash of articles about the limited returns from ERP, howe...