Factors affecting the adoption of cloud computing: An exploratory study

ECIS 2013 - Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Morgan, Lorraine ^a   Conboy, Kieran ^b  

^a University of Limerick   (Ireland)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Case Study; Challenges; Cloud Computing; Technology Organization Environment Adoption Framework

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ADOPTION FRAMEWORK; ADOPTION OF INNOVATIONS; CHALLENGES; CLOUD ADOPTIONS; CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPLORATORY STUDIES; SERVICE PROVIDER;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 84905841495     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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