Disruptive technologies: A business model perspective on cloud computing

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1161-1173

  DaSilva, Carlos M ^a   Trkman, Peter ^a   Desouza, Kevin ^b   Lindič, Jaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amazon.com; business model; cloud computing; Salesforce.com; Siebel; switching costs; technology innovation

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INTERNET;

EID: 84890436067     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2013.843661     Document Type: Article

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