Software-as-a-service model: Elaborating client-side adoption factors;Le modèle des logiciels en mode hébergé: Identifier les facteurs d'adoption selon le point de vue du client

ICIS 2008 Proceedings - Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Xin, Mingdi ^a   Levina, Natalia ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application outsourcing; ASP; IT architecture maturity; Software as a service

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OUTSOURCING; WEB SERVICES;

ADOPTION FACTORS; APPLICATION SERVICE PROVIDER; BUSINESS SOFTWARE; IT ARCHITECTURE; OUTSOURCING MODEL; STANDARDIZED INTERFACES; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE (SAAS);

EID: 85088714799     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1319488     Document Type: Conference Paper

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