Exploring application service provision: Adoption of the ASP concept for provision of ICTs in SMEs

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 138, Issue , 2004, Pages 153-166

  Johansson, Björn ^a  

^a JÖNKÖPING INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adoption of application service provision; SMEs

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; APPLICATION SERVICE PROVISION; BUSINESS MODELING; EMPIRICAL SURVEYS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; RESEARCH QUESTIONS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SMES;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 33744942741     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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