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Research Article

Is traditional, open-source, or on-demand first choice? Developing an AHP-based framework for the comparison of different software models in office suites selection

Alexander BenlianInstitute for Information Systems and New Media, University of Munich, Munich School of Business Ludwigstr. 28 80539MunichGermanyView further author information
Pages 542-559 | Received 12 Oct 2009, Accepted 11 Mar 2011, Published online: 19 Dec 2017

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