A theory of application service provider (ASP) use from a client perspective

Information and Management

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 977-1002

  Smith, Michael Alan ^a   Kumar, Ram L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Application service providers; Application service provision; EDI; Grounded theory; IS outsourcing; IT outsourcing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA REDUCTION; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OUTSOURCING; PORTALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS; APPLICATION SERVICE PROVISION; GROUNDED THEORY; IS OUTSOURCING; IT OUTSOURCING;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 4344563345     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2003.08.019     Document Type: Article

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