ERP began as an internal system to an enterprise but today ERP systems are Web-enabled, extended to external suppliers and end users. It seems that enterprises need to incorporate ERP more and more every day. The main reason is that they want to grow and become more competitive to match the global market requirements....

If capacity development initiatives are to have a pivotal role in helping developing countries meet the challenges of the 21st century, it is necessary to take a closer look at the underlying assumptions about the nature of development as a process of societal transformation, of capacity and capacity development, of knowledge and of aid-donor-recip...