Perceived software platform openness: The scale and its impact on developer satisfaction

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 3188-3207

  Hilkert, Daniel ^a   Benlian, Alexander ^a   Sarstedt, Marko ^a   Hess, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Android applications; Perceived platform openness; Platform management; Platform centric ecosystems; Scale development; Software based platforms; Third party developers

Indexed keywords

ANDROID APPLICATIONS; PERCEIVED PLATFORM OPENNESS; PLATFORM MANAGEMENT; SCALE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE-BASED PLATFORMS; THIRD-PARTY DEVELOPERS;

ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84884609839     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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