Enterprise resource planning (ERP): technological impact in financial and non-financial perspective on adopters firms profitability

Abstract

The principal aim of this study is to measure Enterprise Resource Planning system and its effect on Enterprise Resource Planning; Firms Profitability based on a sample of chemical listed companies of Pakistan. Firms’ profitability was measured using subjective measures relying on executive perception of how the firm performed in relation to both financial and non-financial performance criteria. The correlation and linear regression approaches are being used to investigate the relationship between the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning and ERP adopted Firm Profitability. Data analysis reveals that there is a strong positive relationship between Enterprise Resource Planning and Firms profitability mediating through Enterprise Resource Planning Performance.