THE APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS BUSINESS MODEL: ISSUES AND CHALLENGES

9th Americas Conference on Information Systems, AMCIS 2003

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 131-138

  Desai, Bhavini ^a   Currie, Wendy ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Application service providers; ASP business model; business model evolution; failure

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS); WEB SERVICES;

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER BUSINESS MODEL; BUSINESS MODEL EVOLUTIONS; BUSINESS MODELS; E-BUSINESS MODELS; INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDORS; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; SOFTWARE-AS-A- SERVICE (SAAS); TWO PHASE;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 33746066527     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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