A theory-grounded framework of Open Source Software adoption in SMEs

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-250

  D'MacRedie, Robert D ^a   Mijinyawa, Kabiru ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adoption; case study evaluation; Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour; innovation; Open Source Software (OSS); small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs)

Indexed keywords

ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS;

ADOPTION; CRITICAL EVALUATION; FRAME OF REFERENCE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; RESEARCH PROPOSITIONS; SMALL TO MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SUBJECTIVE NORM; THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 79952399066     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2010.60     Document Type: Article

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