Cloud Implications on Software Network Structure and Security Risks

Terrence August
Terrence August
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Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Korea University Business School, Seoul 136-701, Korea
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Marius Florin Niculescu
Marius Florin Niculescu
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Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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Hyoduk Shin
Hyoduk Shin
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Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093; and Korea University Business School, Seoul 136-701, Korea

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Marius Florin Niculescu

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Scheller College of Business, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30308

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Hyoduk Shin

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Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

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Published Online:21 Jul 2014https://doi.org/10.1287/isre.2014.0527

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