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EIS IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH: AN ASSESSMENT AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE

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Enterprise Information Systems VII

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The implementation of information systems in organizations is a long standing research topic that has preoccupied researchers ever since computer-based information systems started being used in businesses in the early 1960s. However, despite more than 40 years of research, the implementation phenomenon continues to present both practical and research difficulties. The present paper presents a broad overview and assessment of past and current research on implementation, and provides suggestions for future research that will help address some of the challenges implementation researchers currently face.

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  1. Canada Research Chair in Information Technology Implementation and Management HEC Montréal, 3000 chemin de la Côte-Ste-Catherine Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3T 2A7

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  3. Universidade Portucalense, Porto, Portugal

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    José Cordeiro

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Barki, H. (2007). EIS IMPLEMENTATION RESEARCH: AN ASSESSMENT AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. In: Chen, CS., Filipe, J., Seruca, I., Cordeiro, J. (eds) Enterprise Information Systems VII. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5347-4_1

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