Cloud sourcing and innovation: slow train coming?:A composite research study

Strategic Outsourcing: An International Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 184-202

  Willcocks, Leslie P ^a   Venters, Will ^a   Whitley, Edgar A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloud computing; Cloud sourcing; Diffusion of innovation; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992933607     PISSN: 17538297     EISSN: 17538300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SO-04-2013-0004     Document Type: Article

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