Value creation from the application service provider e-business model: The experience of four firms

Journal of Enterprise Information Management

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 117-130

  Currie, Wendy L ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Applications software; Business planning; Electronic commerce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099499     PISSN: 17410398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410390410518763     Document Type: Article

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