The impact of institutional influences on perceived technological characteristics and real options in cloud computing adoption

ICIS 2010 Proceedings - Thirty First International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Saya, S ^a   Pee, L G ^b   Kankanhalli, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Institutional influences; It service provision; Real options; Technological characteristics; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL INFLUENCES; IT SERVICES; REAL OPTIONS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

CLOUD COMPUTING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 84870965078     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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