Table of Contents -- Title -- Copyright -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1: Definition of Research Terms -- 2: ERP: Contribution and Trends -- 2.1. ERP as an indicator of integration for information systems -- 2.2. Trends for ERP implementation within the framework of the information system -- 2.3. Trends for ERP evolution toward a new generation (2nd G) -- 3: The Research Question and Methodology -- 4: Literature Review: Factors Affecting the Relationships between the ERP System's Evolution and IS Integration or Disintegration -- 4.1. Economic crisis and COmpetitiveness (ECCO) -- 4.2. Total dependency on the ERP vendor (TDEV) -- 4.3. Project management ERP (PMER) -- 4.4. INTEroperability of the ERP (INTE) -- 4.5. Evolution strategy of existing systems (ESES) -- 4.6. Complexity of ERP (COER) -- 4.7. Evolution strategy of ERP vendors (ESEV) -- 5: Correlation Between Research Factors -- 5.1. Correlations between economic crisis and competitiveness (ECCO) and PMER and INTE and COER -- 5.2. Correlations between ECCO and PMER and INTE and ESEV -- 5.3. Correlations between ECCO and PMER and COER and ESEV -- 5.4. Correlations between ECCO and TDEV and PMER -- 5.5. Correlations between ECCO and ESES and COER -- 5.6. Correlations between ECCO and ESES and ESEV -- 5.7. Correlations between PMER and ESES and ESEV -- 5.8. Correlations between INTE and ESES and COER -- 5.9. Correlation between ECCO and TDEV -- 5.10. Correlation between ECCO and PMER -- 5.11. Correlation between ECCO and INTE -- 5.12. Correlation between ECCO and ESES -- 5.13. Correlation between ECCO and COER -- 5.14. Correlation between ECCO and ESEV -- 5.15. Correlation between TDEV and INTE -- 5.16. Correlation between TDEV and ESES -- 5.17. Correlation between PMER and INTE -- 5.18. Correlation between PMER and ESES -- 5.19. Correlation between PMER and COER.

5.20. Correlation between PMER and ESEV -- 5.21. Correlation between INTE and ESES -- 5.22. Correlation between INTE and COER -- 5.23. Correlation between INTE and ESEV -- 5.24. Correlation between COER and ESEV -- 6: Case Studies -- 6.1 Hershey -- 6.2. FoxMeyer Drugs -- 6.3. Oracle Corporation's E-Business Suite -- 6.4. Summary of case studies -- 7: Discussion: Relationships between Evolution of ERP Systems and IS Integration or Disintegration -- 7.1. TDEV and ECCO -- 7.2. TDEV and INTE -- 7.3. PMER and ESES -- 7.4. COER and PMER -- 7.5. INTE and ESES -- 7.6. COER and INTE -- 7.7. ESEV and INTE -- 7.8. COER and ESEV -- 8: Interests and Limitations of the Research -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- End User License Agreement.