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A New Perspective on Enterprise Resource Management
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A New Perspective on Enterprise Resource Management

by Robin Meyerhoff, Christian Berg, Thomas Odenwald
October 2014
Intermediate to advanced
3 pages
14m
English
MIT Sloan Management Review
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A New Perspective on Enterprise Resource Management

Information systems are designed to help companies use enterprise resources more efficiently. But what if companies used information systems more broadly — not just to measure profits, but also to account for the needs of people and the environment?

Thomas Odenwald and Christian Berg

Fall 2014

Consumers today are concerned with more than just quality and price. Increasingly, they also care about the social and environmental impacts of products. Indeed, many ask questions like: Does this toy contain toxic substances? Where do the materials in this garment come from? Do manufacturers take occupational safety practices in their factories seriously enough? And are the production processes environmentally ...

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