Implementing ERP systems in China

The paper reports the findings of an exploratory study of R/3 uses in China which was conducted in spring 2000. The broad purpose of the study has been to identify crucial implementation processes and context variables which warrant closer attention in the study of IT-enabled organizational change. Ownership characteristics, which display a great variety in China and thus can be studied in relatively greater detail here than elsewhere, are strongly associated with implementation process characteristics, and the association of ownership structures with implementation results is much less pronounced. In contrast, it emerged that project governance, specifically the role and decision making style of the steering committee, could be associated with a broad set of outcome variables after controlling for ownership and other important context factors.