The research contributes to the literature by highlighting the importance of the direct influence of a
set of antecedent factors at the adoption stage, to which managers should attend to gain competitive
advantage from ERP. Building on earlier work by Grabski and Leech (2007), we recommend that
managers should aim to benefit from the possible complementarities among various antecedent
factors for the adoption stage in planning their ERP projects. We further discuss our research findings
in detail below.