From outsourcing to Cloud computing: Evolution of IT services

Management Research Review

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 664-675

  Dhar, Subhankar ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Global outsourcing; IaaS; Information technology; Outsourcing; PaaS; SaaS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863491154     PISSN: 20408269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01409171211247677     Document Type: Article

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