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Challenges in Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in Large Organizations: Similarities and Differences
Between Corporate and University Environment
Goeun Seo

Working Paper CISL# 2013-07
May 2013

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Challenges in Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System in Large Organizations:
Similarities and Differences Between Corporate and University Environment
By
Goeun Seo
B.S. C.S.E., Ewha Womans University, 2003
MBA, Sungkyunkwan University, 2013
SUBMITTED TO THE MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
OF

MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT STUDIES
AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JUNE 2013

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And Professor of Engineering Systems, MIT School of Engineering
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Challenges in Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System in Large Organizations:
Similarities and Differences Between Corporate and University Environment
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Goeun Seo
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