separation anxiety disorder (sad) is the most commonly diagnosed and impairing childhood anxiety disorder. given that sad symptoms in early childhood have been linked to later psychopathology, early identification and treatment of it is critical. the aim of the present study was the examination of validity and reliability of separation anxiety assessment scale-parent version (saas-p) (hahn, haj...

Kurzfassung Vorliegende Forschungsstudie setzt sich zum Ziel, die Adoptionstreiber von Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) in Großunternehmen zu ergründen. Als on-demand Technologiehype wird SaaS sehr stark von IT-Dienstleistern für den Mittelstand beworben. Es existiert bisher jedoch keine empirische Untersuchung, die Tauglichkeit und Adoptionsfaktoren von SaaS für Großunternehmen analysiert. Basiere...

Software as a Service (SaaS) is an online delivery of software to customers as a service. The interest in adopting SaaS has been rapidly increasing due to the advantages of SaaS. Current SaaS vendors such as Salesforce.com charge their customers based on the type of the edition and on the number of users. Many customers are not satisfied with the current pricing model and are requesting to pay ...

Software as a Service (SaaS) is a new mode of software deployment whereby a provider licenses an application to customers for use as a service on demand. SaaS is regarded as a favorable solution to enhance a modern organization’s IT performance and competitiveness which helps organizations avoid capital expenditure and pay for the functionality as an operational expenditure. SaaS has received c...

Software as a Service (SaaS) can be viewed as the fourth wave of outsourcing. SaaS is a relatively new type of service delivery model in which a service provider delivers its services over the web to many users on a pay per use or period basis. In the scarce literature available, the SaaS business model is almost always analyzed from the perspective of the service provider perspective, and rare...

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) is said to become an important cornerstone of the Internet of Services. However, while some market research and IT provider firms fervently support this point-of-view, others already conjure up the failure of this on-demand sourcing option due to considerable risks associated with SaaS. Although there is a substantial body of research at the intersection of traditio...

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is a type of software service delivery model which encompasses a broad range of business opportunities and challenges. Users and service providers are reluctant to integrate their business into SaaS due to its security concerns while at the same time they are attracted by its benefits. This article highlights SaaS utility and applicability in different environments ...

Software-as-a-Service, a new model of accessing software presents individual users with tremendous opportunities to work and live conveniently and efficiently. However, the challenges that come with SaaS are equally highlighted and deserve careful attention from researchers. Among them, privacy has emerged as the key inhibitor of SaaS adoption and use among individual users. The purpose of this...

Within the cloud computing hype, ERP SaaS is receiving more focus from ERP vendors such as ERP market leader SAP announcing SAP by Design, their new ERP SaaS solution. SaaS is a new approach to deliver software and has had proven success with CRM systems such as Salesforce.com. The appeal of SaaS is driven by amongst other things, lower Total Cost of Ownership and faster implementation periods....

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is a relatively new software delivery business model and has been one of the fastest growing segments of the information technology industry in recent years. In this study, we investigate the relationship between the SaaS software delivery model and the productivity of software vendors. We explore scale economies of pure-SaaS firms, non-SaaS firms, and mixed-SaaS fi...