期刊名称：International Journal of Information Systems and Project Management
印刷版ISSN：2182-7796
电子版ISSN：2182-7788
出版年度：2017
卷号：5
期号：2
页码：59-81
DOI：10.12821/ijispm050204
出版社：SciKA
摘要：Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) require the right Organizational Information and Communication TechnologyInfrastructure (OICTI) to provide them with the essential functionalities to support their business processes. In order tohave the right OICTI, MSEs are expected to make huge investments in financial and human resources, to purchase,deploy and maintain Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). Cloud Computing Services (CCS) availOICTI, for a fraction of the resources required to own private ICT infrastructure. The purpose of this study was toassess the fit between the MSEs’ OICTI needs and the information processing capabilities of CCS and how this fitinfluences CCS adoption in the Kenyan MSEs. The research was quantitative in nature, in which, a theory-based modelgrounded on the task technology fit, organization information processing and technology-organization-environmenttheories, was developed and validated. Study findings suggest strong correlations between MSEs’ tasks and CCS andbetween MSEs’ information processing needs and CCS information processing capabilities. Other factors identified asinfluencing CCS procurement are affordability and the relationship between the CCS providers and the MSEs. Thestudy contributes to the academic literature on technology adoption in MSEs by showing that there exists amultidimensional fit between CCS and MSEs’ OICTI requirements.
关键词：cloud computing; MSEs; ICT acquisition; organizational information and communication technology infrastructure.
