An Empirical Study of Factors Affecting Software Package Selection

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 89-105

  Montazemi, Ali R ^a,b,c   Cameron, David A ^d,e,f   Gupta, Kalyan Moy ^a,g  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^d Defasco Incorporated

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

End user computing; Information center; Software selection criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030307364     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07421222.1996.11518113     Document Type: Article

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