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An Exploratory Investigation of the Barriers to the Adoption of Open Source ERP by Belgian SMEs

An Exploratory Investigation of the Barriers to the Adoption of Open Source ERP by Belgian SMEs
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Author(s): Kris Ven (University of Antwerp, Belgium)and Dieter Van Nuffel (University of Antwerp, Belgium)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 20
Source title: Free and Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning: Systems and Strategies
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Rogerio Atem de Carvalho (Instituto Federal Fluminense, Brazil)and Björn Johansson (Lund University, Sweden)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-486-4.ch010

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Abstract

Notwithstanding the increasing interest in open source ERP (OS-ERP) products in the past few years, their adoption by Belgian organizations is still very limited. To gain more insight into this phenomenon, we performed an exploratory investigation of which barriers inhibit the adoption of OS-ERP by Belgian SMEs. Based upon our previous research, we identified two main barriers, namely a lack of functionality and a lack of support. Next, we performed a screening of the Belgian OS-ERP market to investigate the functionality and support offered by various OS-ERP products. This allowed us to determine how the perceptions of organizations compare to the actual market for OS-ERP in Belgium. Our results provide more insight into the barriers to the adoption of OS-ERP by Belgian SMEs and provide various avenues for future research.

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