A transaction cost theoretical analysis of software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based sourcing in smbs and enterprises

17th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Benlian, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

IT adoption; It outsourcing; SMBs and enterprises; Software as a service (SaaS)

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; FIRM SIZE; IT ADOPTION; IT OUTSOURCING; MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS; RESEARCH MODELS; SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SURVEY DATA; THEORETICAL MODELS; TRANSACTION COST; TRANSACTION-COST THEORY;

INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEB SERVICES;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870701949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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