Organisational-level assessment of cloud computing adoption: Evidence from the Australian SMEs

Salim Zahir Alismaili; Mengxiang Li; Jun Shen; Pu Huang; Qiang He; Wu Zhan

doi:10.4018/JGIM.2020040104

Organisational-level assessment of cloud computing adoption: Evidence from the Australian SMEs

Salim Zahir Alismaili
, Mengxiang Li
, Jun Shen
, Pu Huang
, Qiang He
, Wu Zhan

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Cloud Computing (CC) is an emerging technology that can potentially revolutionise the application and delivery of IT. There has been little research, however, into the adoption of CC in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The indicators show that CC has been adopted very slowly. There is also a significant research gap in the investigation of the adoption of this innovation in SMEs. This article explores how the adoption of CC in Australia is related to technological factors, risk factors, and environmental factors. The study provides useful insights that can be utilised practically by SMEs, policymakers, and cloud vendors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	73-89
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of Global Information Management
Volume	28
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/JGIM.2020040104
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2020

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Adoption
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Cloud computing
Decision making in SMEs
Medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)
Partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM)
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