Developing an instrument for Cloud Computing adoption by Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

International Conference on Research and Innovation in Information Systems, ICRIIS

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 481-486

  Saedi, Amin ^a   Iahad, Noorminshah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Actor Network Theory; adoption; cloud computing; formative and reflective constructs; Technology Organization Environment Framework

Indexed keywords

ACTOR NETWORK THEORY; ADOPTION; FORMATIVE AND REFLECTIVE CONSTRUCTS; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS;

CLOUD COMPUTING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INSTRUMENTS; RESEARCH;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84897830103     PISSN: 23248149     EISSN: 23248157     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICRIIS.2013.6716757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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