Application service providers: A model in evolution

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 50, Issue , 2003, Pages 174-180

  Desai, Bhavini ^a   Currie, Wendy ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

application service providers; barriers; business model

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; ASP MARKET; BUSINESS APPLICATIONS; BUSINESS BENEFITS; BUSINESS MODELS; E-BUSINESS MODELS; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; ENTERPRISE APPLICATION INTEGRATION; INDEPENDENT SOFTWARE VENDORS; SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; TRADITIONAL SERVICES; TWO PHASIS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ECONOMICS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 77954516837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/948005.948028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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