Impediments to Enterprise System Implementation over the System Lifecycle: Contrasting Transition and Developed Economies. Issue 1 (5th December 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Soja, Piotr; Paliwoda‐Pękosz, Grażyna
• Is Part Of: Electronic journal on information systems in developing countries. Volume 57:Issue 1(2013)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2017-12-05
• Subjects: Enterprise system -- ERP -- implementation -- adoption -- lifecycle -- problem -- impediment -- transition economy -- emerging economy -- Poland; Management information systems -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Information technology -- Social aspects -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; High technology industries -- Developing countries -- Periodicals; Developing countries -- Economic conditions; Economic history; High technology industries; Information technology -- Economic aspects; Information technology -- Social aspects; Management information systems; Developing countries; Periodicals; 658.4
• DOI: 10.1002/j.1681-4835.2013.tb00403.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1681-4835

Abstract

Abstract: The main goal of this study is to investigate similarities and differences between impediments to enterprise system (ES) implementation in transition and developed economies. The adopted research approach incorporates the system lifecycle and seeks to examine how the difficulties change across the lifecycle phases. The research builds on the opinions of ES practitioners from Poland, a transition economy from Central and Eastern Europe. The main findings illustrate that difficulties experienced by ES adoptions in developed economies seem to concentrate on the project phase where implementation activities are carried out whereas in Polish companies problems tend to span through all the lifecycle phases. The results also suggest that in transition economies practitioners have to deal mostly with system‐related issues across the whole lifecycle. In developed economies, on the contrary, the shift from system‐related to business‐related problems throughout the system lifecycle is observed.