From concept to implementation: The development of the emerging cloud computing industry in China
ژورنال:Telecommunications Policy
سال:November 2015
قیمت اصلی:35.95$
Highlights
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We study the process of which the cloud computing industry in China has developed to date.
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We conduct a longitudinal case study and analyze the case through the theoretical lens of actor network theory.
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The findings reveal that development of the industry involves the co-evolution of technological and institutional infrastructure.
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We also find that various actors have participated in the process stimulated by different interests, and their interactions drove the development forward.
Abstract
Cloud computing has emerged as an important ICT (information and communication technology) innovation that could potentially revolutionize the way computing resources are consumed and provided. In emerging economies, such innovation is regarded as the new way to provide information infrastructure that has the potential for further economic upgrading. In this paper, we investigate the initiation and growth process of the cloud computing industry in China, based on an in-depth case study. We discover that the development of China׳s cloud computing industry that emerged from an initial concept involves the co-evolution of technological and institutional infrastructure leading to a preliminary cloud ecosystem. We also find that such a process involves a wide range of different actors, from the government side to the business side, the interaction among which, in pursuing their own interests, drive the development of the cloud computing industry into being. Finally, situated in the institutional context of China, the government–business relationship is witnessed to have changed and evolved along development of such an emerging industry, demonstrating the important and unique roles of both sides in industrial (or even national) wide diffusion of the ICT innovation.
Keywords
- China,
- Cloud computing, Emerging ICT innovation, Government business relationship,Case study, Actor network theory
From concept to implementation: The development of the emerging cloud computing industry in China