Purpose – Eighteen Mittelstand companies are studied in Germany to develop a better understanding about drivers of enterprise systems complexity (ESC), as well as its multi-faceted conceptualization. Dimensions and measures for complexity and its antecedents are derived using a grounded theory...

Strategic ERP Extension and Use provides practitioners and researchers with a window into the cutting edge strategic extension and the use of modern ERP systems, focusing on current use of ERP system implementation as well as outlooks for future developments for operations and strategic...

This research explores procurement strategies for multi-item RFQs in business-to-business (B2B) markets using responses from 825 purchasing professionals. The study first establishes procurement strategies that differ based on their level of strategic emphasis, i.e. the importance that is placed...

Purchasing professionals in today's business-to-business (B2B) markets can choose between conducting bid solicitations and negotiations using an online or offline process. One dominant type of online procurement has been the online reverse auction, which has received both praise and criticism....

Effective supply chain management (SCM) can be achieved via a variety of initiatives. However, which initiative is chosen is a crucial decision because not every approach is suitable for all companies. This paper aims to facilitate this task by developing an implementation-decision framework for...