Qualitative scales formed by linguistic terms are used by different disciplines to determine preferences and different aspects of individuals' lives. Although it is usual to assign numbers to the response categories of scales, it is not suitable when individuals perceive different proximities...

Qualitative scales formed by linguistic terms are used by different disciplines to determine preferences and different aspects of individuals’ lives. Although it is usual to assign numbers to the response categories of scales, it is not suitable when individuals perceive different proximities...

The aim of this paper is to carry out a review of the literature on ERP systems written in the context of management. The literature review covers the period 1997-2004. The journals analyzed are those included in the edition of 2003 of the JCR Social Science within the areas of Business and...

The spectacular advance in Information Technologies, among others reasons, is promoting outsourcing as a way that businesses adopt, in order to manage their Information Systems. During the last years, the growth in outsourcing as a managerial phenomenon has come accompanied with a parallel...

The adoption and expansion of IT (Information Technologies) in environment enterprise is taking place at high speed. ERP systems arise from the most innovative IT and computer systems and these have been implemented by companies around the world. When the system is implemented, the maintenance...

In this paper we asses the current state of research on Lean Production and Supply Chain Management in the aeronautic industry, with two basic aims: 1) identify all lines of research developed, providing a classification criterion of literature, 2) discuss the empirical evidence and try to...