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The Impact of Cloud Computing: Should the IT Department Be Organized as a Cost Center or a Profit Center?

Vidyanand Choudhary Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine
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Joseph Vithayathil Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship (MISE) at the College of Business, Washington State University
Pages 67-100 | Published online: 08 Dec 2014

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