Why end-users move to the cloud: A migration-theoretic analysis

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 357-372

  Bhattacherjee, Anol ^a,b   Park, Sang Cheol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Sogang University   (South Korea)

^c Hyupsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; IT migration; Migration theory; Survey research

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COMPUTING; SURVEYS;

BODY OF KNOWLEDGE; CLOUD MIGRATIONS; INTEGRATIVE FRAMEWORK; IT MIGRATION; LONGITUDINAL SURVEYS; MIGRATION THEORY; SURVEY RESEARCH; THEORETIC ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84901355064     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ejis.2013.1     Document Type: Article

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