An empirical investigation into the assimilation of open source server software

Communications of the Association for Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-140

  Ven, Kris ^a   Verelst, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Open source software; Organizational adoption; Quantitative research; Survey; Technology assimilation

Indexed keywords

OPEN SYSTEMS; SURVEYING;

ACADEMIC LITERATURE; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION; EXTERNAL KNOWLEDGE; ORGANIZATIONAL ADOPTIONS; QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TECHNOLOGY ASSIMILATIONS;

OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE;

EID: 79953015049     PISSN: 15293181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17705/1cais.02809     Document Type: Article

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