The impact of software product and service characteristics on international distribution arrangements for software solutions

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Winkler, Jessica ^a   Dibbern, Jens ^b   Heinzl, Armin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distribution; Entry mode; Internationalization; Knowledge based view; Software products; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION; ENTRY MODE; INTERNATIONALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE-BASED VIEWS; SOFTWARE PRODUCTS; SPECIFICITY;

INDUSTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE TESTING;

EID: 84870972969     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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