A transaction cost perspective of the "software as a service" business model

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 205-240

  Susarla, Anjana ^a   Barua, Anitesh ^b   Whinston, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Application service providers; Contract choice; Logit models; Transaction cost economics

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDERS; BUDGET OVERRUNS; BUSINESS MODELS; CLIENT ORGANIZATIONS; CONTRACT DESIGN; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FIXED PRICES; GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES; IN-LINE; IT SERVICES; IT SYSTEM; LOGIT MODELS; MONITORING COSTS; SERVICE REQUIREMENTS; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE; SPECIFIC INVESTMENT; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION COST ECONOMICS;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 70449347636     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260209     Document Type: Article

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