Emergence of cloud computing: An institutional innovation perspective

International Conference on Information Systems 2011, ICIS 2011

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages 465-476

  Su, Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Institutional innovation; Strategy process; Vendor's perspective

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING MARKETS; GLOBAL CLOUDS; INSTITUTIONAL THEORY; IT SERVICES; QUALITATIVE CASE STUDIES; SOCIAL PROCESS; STRATEGY PROCESS; VENDOR'S PERSPECTIVE;

COMMERCE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84884622581     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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