The effect of transaction costs on the decision to replace 'off-the-shelf' software: The role of software diffusion and infusion

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-83

  Castner, Grant ^a   Ferguson, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Infusion; Software replacement; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034419674     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2575.2000.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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