Examining cloud computing adoption intention, pricing mechanism, and deployment model

International Journal of Information Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 474-488

  Hsu, Pei Fang ^a   Ray, Soumya ^a   Li Hsieh, Yu Yu ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Deployment model; Innovation adoption; Pricing mechanism; TOE framework

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; COMPUTATION THEORY; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING;

DEPLOYMENT MODELS; DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY; INNOVATION ADOPTION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; PRICING MECHANISM; RESEARCH FRAMEWORKS; TECHNOLOGY-ORGANIZATION-ENVIRONMENT FRAMEWORKS; TOE FRAMEWORK;

COSTS;

EID: 84901246337     PISSN: 02684012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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