- Title
- A cloud adoption framework for South African SMEs
- Creator
- Mudzamba, Ronald Ratidzo
- ThesisAdvisor
- Van der Schyff, Karl
- Subject
- Cloud computing
- Subject
- Cloud computing -- Security measures
- Subject
- Small business -- Technological innovations -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Small business -- Information technology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Information technology -- South Africa -- Eastern Cape
- Subject
- Technology-Organisation-Environment (TOE) framework
- Subject
- Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs)
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MCom
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/148574
- Identifier
- vital:38751
- Description
- Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) have been touted as key enablers to the economic development of most countries. Despite growing evidence that most SMEs fail within their initial years, ICTs have been found to add substantial value in facilitating their success. However, in most developing countries, ICT adoption by SMEs has been plagued with a plethora of challenges ranging from poor electricity supply, high ICT costs, lack of ICT expertise to lack of government support. While this might seem problematic for SMEs, the adoption and the use of cloud services mitigates some of these challenges. The problem, however, is that a limited amount of literature has provided guidance with regard to how the cloud adoption process should be carried out by SMEs. The objective of this research, was therefore, to address this by developing a framework that can be used by SMEs to guide them through the cloud adoption process. To this end, thirteen (13) semi-structured interviews were conducted across nine (9) SMEs in the Eastern Cape. The resultant interview transcripts were analysed using an established thematic approach; the result of which allowed for the development of a rich interpretive narrative about SME cloud adoption. Combined with theory from extant literature, this culminated in the development of a framework for cloud services adoption for SMEs in the Eastern Cape.
- Format
- 170 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Faculty of Commerce, Information Systems
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Mudzamba, Ronald Ratidzo
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