Cloud computing: The nexus of strategy and technology

Journal of Business Strategy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 39-47

  Ross, Peter ^a   Blumenstein, Michael ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Business strategy; Cloud computing, Information technology; Communication technologies, ICT workers; Human resource management; Outsourcing; Resource view of the firm; Transaction costs economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880584684     PISSN: 02756668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JBS-10-2012-0061     Document Type: Article

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