Opportunities and risks of software-as-a-service: Findings from a survey of IT executives

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 232-246

  Benlian, Alexander ^a   Hess, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; IT outsourcing; SaaS opportunities; SaaS risks; Software as a service (SaaS); Technology adoption; Theory of reasoned action

Indexed keywords

IT OUTSOURCING; SAAS OPPORTUNITIES; SAAS RISKS; SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; THEORY OF REASONED ACTION;

CLOUD COMPUTING; OUTSOURCING; RISK PERCEPTION; SURVEYS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80455174683     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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