Managerial Finance: Volume 34 Issue 2

The hidden financial costs of ERP software

James T. Lindley, Sharon Topping, Lee T. Lindley

The purpose of this paper is to detail how the adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems creates major distortions in the corporate decision‐making process.

Y2K: is there a lesson in the bug that did not bite?

Ernest W. King, Drew B. Winters

The purpose of the paper is to determine if banks that solved the Y2K problem early created value for their shareholders.

The role of computer usage in the availability of credit for small businesses

Chaitanya Singh, Mark D. Griffiths

The purpose of this paper is to provide a descriptive analysis of the role of computer usage in determining the credit score for small business owners.

Internet auctions as a means of issuing financial securities: the case of the OpenIPO

Steven L. Jones, John C. Yeoman

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the OpenIPO process, vis‐à‐vis traditional bookbuilding, and evaluate the suitability of the OpenIPO for various types of companies, market…

Using instant messenger in the finance course

Stuart Michelson, Stanley D. Smith

New technologies have provided new tools we may use as finance professors to communicate with our students. Instant messaging (IM) has become a common communication tool in…

Introduction and executive summary

Drew B. Winters