Shifting Micro-Enterprises into the Cloud: Guidelines for Cloud Service Providers
dc.contributor.author | Hentschel, Raoul | |
dc.contributor.author | Bley, Katja | |
dc.contributor.author | Schön, Hendrik | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-12-24T19:59:14Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-12-24T19:59:14Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-01-05 | |
dc.description.abstract | Cloud computing is a driving force in digitalization, and it promises companies benefits such as lower entry costs, greater flexibility/scalability, and cost savings compared to traditional IT solutions. Such benefits can also be valuable for micro-enterprises. However, many of these small businesses do not have access to the necessary know-how and resources to select, implement, and operate cloud technologies. As sources of these technologies, cloud service providers play a crucial role in this context as it is their business strategy that can support and convince micro-enterprises to adopt cloud technologies. As the class of micro-enterprises and the role of cloud service providers has been largely ignored in recent research, we conducted a quantitative study on the cloud computing user behavior of micro-enterprises in Germany. Based on our findings, we derived guidelines and recommendations for cloud service providers concerning the adaptation of their business strategies to adequately address the needs of micro-enterprises. | |
dc.format.extent | 10 pages | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.24251/HICSS.2021.575 | |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-9981331-4-0 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10125/71192 | |
dc.language.iso | English | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | The Diffusion, Impacts, Adoption and Usage of ICTs upon Society and Small Enterprises | |
dc.subject | cloud adoption | |
dc.subject | cloud computing | |
dc.subject | guidelines | |
dc.subject | micro-enterprises | |
dc.title | Shifting Micro-Enterprises into the Cloud: Guidelines for Cloud Service Providers | |
prism.startingpage | 4743 |
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