Does Cloud Computing matter? An analysis of the Cloud model Software-as-a-Service and its impact on operational agility

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1025-1034

  Fremdt, Sabine ^a   Beck, Roman ^b   Weber, Sven ^a  

^a E Finance Lab   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DECISION SUPPORT SERVICES; IN-DEPTH INTERVIEWS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; THREE CATEGORIES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; SYSTEMS SCIENCE;

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS);

EID: 84875530510     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2013.182     Document Type: Conference Paper

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