Cloud Computing and Impact Factors – An Empirical Investigation
Niki Kyriakou • [email protected]
Research Objective• The adoption of the various types of Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) by firms• Their impact on various aspects of business operation and performance, such as:
o ICT support cost and qualityo Exploitation of new ICTso Product/service innovationo Process innovationo Business agilityo Overall business performance
• Comparative study in three countries with different levels of economic and technological development: Greece, Switzerland, the Netherlands
• The effects of the ongoing economic crisis in Greece on CC adoption and impact
…the Road so Far
ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS AFFECTING PROPENSITY TO ADOPT CLOUD COMPUTING
Relative Frequencies & CorrelationsRelative Frequency (%)
Pearson Correlation
Prosp_Cloud 12.4 1d_large 12.6 .101d_medium 33.6 .055ICT_invest_red 23.2 .165Prodinn 36.5 .115ICT_pers 26.5 .160ICT_ous 16.4 .124ICT_Infr_Soph .191ERP 32.0SCM 13.5CRM 23.5SRM 12.1
Estimated Models of Propensity to Adopt Cloud Computing
Model 1 Model 2d_large 2.089 1.225
d_medium 1.511 1.193
Prodinn 1.619 1.395
ICT_invest_red 2.268 1.867
ICT_pers 1.612
ICT_outs 1.735
ICT_Infr_Soph 3.079
OPERATIONAL AND INNOVATION COLLABORATION AND CLOUD COMPUTING (1/2)
Whole SampleIndependent Variable Sommer’s
DKendall tau-b
Operational CollaborationGeographic Scope of Sales .011 .013Geographic Scope of Procurement .016 .018
Electronic Operational CollaborationUse of SCM systems .190 .190Electronic sharing of information on inventory levels with suppliers
.052 .052
Electronic Orders from customers .053 .054Electronic invoicing .124 .131
Innovation CollaborationInvolvement of other firms in product/service innovations
.130 .131
Involvement of other firms in process innovations
.162 .166
Electronic Innovation CollaborationUse of software applications to collaborate with other firms for product/service or process innovations
.153 .153
Small FirmsIndependent Variable Sommer’s
DKendall tau-b
Operational CollaborationGeographic Scope of Sales -.069 -.084Geographic Scope of Procurement -.003 -.004
Electronic Operational CollaborationUse of SCM systems .110 .110Electronic sharing of information on inventory levels with suppliers
.090 .091
Electronic Orders from customers .113 .117Electronic invoicing .190 .208
Innovation CollaborationInvolvement of other firms in product/service innovations
.117 .118
Involvement of other firms in process innovations
.216 .220
Electronic Innovation CollaborationUse of software applications to collaborate with other firms for product/service or process innovations
.119 .120
OPERATIONAL AND INNOVATION COLLABORATION AND CLOUD COMPUTING (2/2)
Large FirmsIndependent Variable Sommer’s
DKendall tau-b
Operational CollaborationGeographic Scope of Sales .041 .044Geographic Scope of Procurement .014 .015
Electronic Operational CollaborationUse of SCM systems .216 .217Electronic sharing of information on inventory levels with suppliers
.009 .009
Electronic Orders from customers -.008 -.007Electronic invoicing .043 .045
Innovation CollaborationInvolvement of other firms in product/service innovations
.112 .113
Involvement of other firms in process innovations
.093 .095
Electronic Innovation CollaborationUse of software applications to collaborate with other firms for product/service or process innovations
.159 .160
THE EFFECT OF ICT INFRASTRUCTURE SOPHISTICATION AND INTERCONNECTION ON THE PROPENSITY FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION
Independent Variable Sig of X2 test
Sommer’s D
Kendall tau-b
Sophistication of administrative support ICT Infrastructure
.000 .144 .163
Sophistication of production support ICT infrastructure
.003 .081 .091
Electronic Interconnection with suppliers
.000 .133 .139
Electronic Interconnection with customers
.001 .141 .143
FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND PROPENSITY FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION (1/2)
Whole SampleIndependent Variable Sommer’s
DKendall tau-b
IT Investment Reduction Strategy .162 .166Product/Service Innovation Strategy
.106 .113
Process Innovation Strategy .091 .099Multiple Production Location .033 .035International Scope of Sales .003 .003International Scope of Procurement -..028 -.029Use of Telework .068 .074Sophistication of IT Infrastructure .144 .163
Electronic Interconnection with Suppliers
.133 .139
Electronic Interconnection with Customers
.141 .143
Interest in Data Warehousing .280 .294Interest in Mobile Services .185 .205Employment of IT Personnel .158 .164IT Outsourcing .123 .123
Small SampleIndependent Variable Sommer’s
DKendall tau-b
IT Investment Reduction Strategy .180 .186Product/Service Innovation Strategy .087 .097Process Innovation Strategy .134 .152Multiple Production Location .015 .015International Scope of Sales -.039 -.040International Scope of Procurement .053 .056Use of Telework .074 .082Sophistication of IT Infrastructure .115 .129
Electronic Interconnection with Suppliers
.156 .165
Electronic Interconnection with Customers
.135 .135
Interest in Data Warehousing .448 .460Interest in Mobile Services .309 .348Employment of IT Personnel .210 .217IT Outsourcing .087 .088
FIRM CHARACTERISTICS AND PROPENSITY FOR CLOUD COMPUTING ADOPTION (2/2)
Large FirmsIndependent Variable Sommer’s
DKendall tau-b
IT Investment Reduction Strategy .120 .123Product/Service Innovation Strategy
.092 .096
Process Innovation Strategy .013 .013Multiple Production Location -.012 -.013International Scope of Sales -.002 -.002International Scope of Procurement
-.108 -.108
Use of Telework .001 .001Sophistication of IT Infrastructure .123 .136
Electronic Interconnection with Suppliers
.090 .093
Electronic Interconnection with Customers
.113 .115
Interest in Data Warehousing .155 .163Interest in Mobile Services .049 .053Employment of IT Personnel .085 .088IT Outsourcing .128 .129
1. N. Kyriakou, E. Loukis, The Effect of ICT Infrastructure Sophistication and Interconnection on the Propensity for Cloud Computing Adoption. European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems 2014 (EMCIS2014), October 2014, Doha, Qatar
2. E. Loukis, N. Kyriakou, Organizational Factors Affecting Propensity to Adopt Cloud Computing. Hawai, January 2015, Grand Hyatt Kauai
3. E. Loukis, N. Kyriakou, K. Pazalos, Operational and Innovation Collaboration and Cloud Computing. European, Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Innovation Systems 2015 (EMCIS2015), June 2015, Athens, Greece
4. N. Kyriakou, E. Loukis, Firm Characteristics and Propensity for Cloud Computing Adoption. Twenty-First Americas Conference on Information Systems, Puerto Rico, 2015, August 2015, Puerto Rico
Papers
From Now On…• Data Collection
Questionnaire to Greek Firms Cooperation with ETH Zurich and
Delft University to expand the dataset
• Thoughts…Cloud and Suppliers relationCloud Computing Impact ModelsUse of different types of Cloud
Computing
Thank You!!!Niki Kyriakou • [email protected]