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Enterprise Resource Planning

Implementation and Management Accounting Change in a Transitional Country

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
  2. Introduction

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 1-16
  3. Literature Review

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 17-61
  4. Theoretical Framework

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 62-90
  5. Research Methodology and Methods

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 91-110
  6. Background of the Empirical Study: The Transformation of Extra-Organisational Institutions in Egypt

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 111-134
  7. ERP vs. Custom Software and the Operation of the Dialectic of Control

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 189-232
  8. Summary and Conclusions

    • Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer
    Pages 233-246
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 247-314

About this book

An investigation into the process of management accounting change triggered by IT implementation, comparing Enterprise Resource Planning with custom software in relation to change in management accounting rules and routines. This empirical study is based on four real cases from a transitional country (Egypt).

Authors and Affiliations

  • School of Accounting, Finance and Management, University of Essex, UK

    Ahmed O. Kholeif, Michael J. Sherer

  • Brunel Business School, Brunel University, UK

    Magdy G. Abdel-Kader

About the authors

DR. AHMED O. KHOLEIF is Lecturer of Accounting and Auditing at the University of Alexandria, Egypt. His current research interests include Enterprise Resource Planning systems, management accounting change, structuration theory, and institutional theories. He has publications in some international conferences and journals such as Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An International Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change.

DR. MAGDY G. ABDEL-KADER is a Senior Lecturer at Brunel University, UK. His main research interests include management accounting and capital investment decisions. He has published in international journals such as Management Accounting Research and British Accounting Review. He is a co-author of books on investment decision in AMT and performance evaluation of new product development teams and co-editor of a book on performance evaluation of shop floor workers.

PROFESSOR MICHAEL J. SHERER is Professor of Accounting and Auditing at the University of Essex, UK. His current research interests include the impact and evaluation of cultural investment; the value of auditing in corporate governance, and business planning in universities. He has written two books on auditing and has published articles in major international journals.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Enterprise Resource Planning

  • Book Subtitle: Implementation and Management Accounting Change in a Transitional Country

  • Authors: Ahmed O. Kholeif, Magdy G. Abdel-Kader, Michael J. Sherer

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230584051

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2008

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-51601-4Published: 17 April 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35426-9Published: 17 April 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-58405-1Published: 17 April 2008

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 314

  • Topics: Management, Operations Research/Decision Theory

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