The unified procurement strategy for enterprise software: A test of the "move to the middle" hypothesis

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-204

  Kauffman, Robert ^a   Tsai, Juliana ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

"move to the middle" hypothesis; Competitive strategy; Enterprise software; Industry structure; IT procurement; Middle range theory development; Opportunism risk; Software stacks; Unified procurement

Indexed keywords

''MOVE TO THE MIDDLE'' HYPOTHESIS; COMPETITIVE STRATEGY; ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE; INDUSTRY STRUCTURE; IT PROCUREMENT; MIDDLE RANGE THEORY DEVELOPMENT; OPPORTUNISM RISK; SOFTWARE STACKS; UNIFIED PROCUREMENT;

COMPETITION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGERS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

RISKS;

EID: 70449558946     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222260208     Document Type: Article

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