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Cloud Computing and Economic Growth in the Baltic Sea Region Countries

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Perspectives in Business Informatics Research (BIR 2011)

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For small and medium-size enterprises cloud computing (CC) delivers ICT resources flexibly, depending on required needs. Analysis of data from the Baltic Sea Region countries indicates that the prevalence of the CC model can contribute to higher economic growth. At the same time SMEs are asking many questions whose answers we do not know so far, but in the near future we will have to answer them.

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  1. Department of Business Informatics, Warsaw School of Economics, Al. Niepodległości 162, 02-554, Warsaw, Poland

    Andrzej Kobyliński & Marcin Michalski

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    Marite Kirikova

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Kobyliński, A., Michalski, M. (2011). Cloud Computing and Economic Growth in the Baltic Sea Region Countries. In: Grabis, J., Kirikova, M. (eds) Perspectives in Business Informatics Research. BIR 2011. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 90. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-24511-4_23

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