Abstract
InthisarticletheauthorreviewesASPERPs,ERPimplementationsbasedontheASPmodelduring2000–05withrespecttogenerations,categoriesandtypesofASPs,pricingmodelsandtrendanalysis.Basedonacriticalanalysisoffacts,ithasbeenseenthatASPimplementationsareveryspecifictotheuserindustry,totheregion,tothefeaturesoftheERPproduct,totheneedsoftheorganizationandtothecriticalityoftheapplicationtotheorganization.Theauthortestedthesehypothesesbasedoncaseanalysis.Furtherhestudiedpricingmodelsandcostofimplementationinthelongrun.Itwasseenthatimplementationstrategiesdonoteffectthecostofimplementationsincethevaluechainislongandeachchainhasitsownstructure.Infact,itisspecifictoanorganizationandvendors.
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