Cloud computing in the global south: Drivers, effects and policy measures

Third World Quarterly

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 997-1014

  Kshetri, Nir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HARDWARE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 80051961814     PISSN: 01436597     EISSN: 13602241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2011.586225     Document Type: Review

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