Determinants of Mobile Apps' Success: Evidence from the App Store Market

Journal of Management Information Systems

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 133-170

  Lee, Gunwoong ^a   Raghu, T S ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

app markets; apps; m commerce; mobile software sustainability; product portfolio management; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; INVESTMENTS; MOBILE COMMERCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALES; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

LEVEL CHARACTERISTIC; M-COMMERCE; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE SOFTWARES; PROBABILITY OF SURVIVAL; PRODUCT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

EID: 84936996602     PISSN: 07421222     EISSN: 1557928X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/MIS0742-1222310206     Document Type: Article

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