Evaluating Web Services: Towards a framework for emergent contexts

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1161-1174

  Hackney, Ray ^a   Xu, Huinan ^b   Ranchhod, Ashok ^c  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHAMPTON SOLENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contextual framework; Evaluation; IS innovation; Web Services adoption

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA ACQUISITION; DIFFUSION; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONTEXTUAL FRAMEWORK; IS INNOVATION; WEB SERVICES ADOPTION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 33744979966     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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