SOFTWARE CONTRACTING: A PROCESS MODEL APPROACH

Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1996

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages 51-62

  Heiskanen, Ari ^a   Newman, Michael ^b,c   Similä, Jouni ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CONTRACT NEGOTIATION; DESCRIPTIVE MODEL; MODELING APPROACH; ORGANIZATIONAL RELATIONS; PROCESS-MODELS; PURCHASE CONTRACTS; SOFTWARE VENDORS; SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; TRANSACTION COST; TURNING-POINTS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85080556756     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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