Economic Impact of Cloud Computing White Paper

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Marco Iansiti

Harvard University - Business School (HBS)

Gregory L. Richards

Keystone Strategy LLC

Date Written: June 30, 2011

Abstract

In this paper we find that advances in cloud computing likely will extend the IT induced economic growth in developed economies and foster growth in economies where IT penetration is not yet fully mature. We conclude that governments should work together to take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing.

Keywords: cloud computing, econometrics, economic model, economic impact, web services, software as a service, cloud computing issues, on-demand computing, scalable computing, outsourcing, virtualization, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, private clouds, public clouds

JEL Classification: O33, O41

Suggested Citation

Iansiti, Marco and Richards, Gregory, Economic Impact of Cloud Computing White Paper (June 30, 2011). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1875893 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1875893

Marco Iansiti (Contact Author)

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Gregory Richards

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