Configurability, maturity, and value co-creation in SaaS: An exploratory case study

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 2655-2674

  Zainuddin, Eruani ^a   Gonzalez, Paola ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; SaaS; Service science; Software maturity; Value co creation

Indexed keywords

CO-CREATION OF VALUES; EXPLORATORY CASE STUDIES; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; SAAS; SERVICE SCIENCE; SOFTWARE MATURITIES; SOFTWARE-AS-A-SERVICE; VALUE CO CREATIONS;

CLOUD COMPUTING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS);

EID: 84884633349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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