Assessing the determinants of cloud computing adoption: An analysis of the manufacturing and services sectors

Information and Management

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 497-510

  Oliveira, Tiago ^a   Thomas, Manoj ^b   Espadanal, Mariana ^a  

^a NOVA INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SCHOOL NOVA IMS   (Portugal)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Diffusion of innovation (DOI); IT adoption; Technology organization environment (TOE)

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

CLOUD-BASED; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; INNOVATION CHARACTERISTICS; IT ADOPTION; PORTUGAL; RESEARCH MODELS; SERVICES SECTORS; TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZATION ENVIRONMENTS;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84899701019     PISSN: 03787206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.im.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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