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The usage and adoption of cloud computing by small and medium businesses

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Five factors influencing the cloud usage by this business community, whose needs and business requirements are very different from large enterprises are presented; ease of use and convenience is the biggest favorable factor followed by security and privacy and then comes the cost reduction.
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This article is published in International Journal of Information Management.The article was published on 2013-10-01. It has received 540 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Cloud computing security & Cloud computing.

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The industrial management of SMEs in the era of Industry 4.0

TL;DR: The results show that SMEs do not exploit all the resources for implementing Industry 4.0 and often limit themselves to the adoption of Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things and there is still absence of real applications in the field of production planning.
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Examining cloud computing adoption intention, pricing mechanism, and deployment model

TL;DR: This study uses the technology–organization–environment (TOE) framework of innovation diffusion theory to develop a cloud service adoption model that deals with not only adoption intention, but also pricing mechanisms and deployment models.
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Time to seize the digital evolution: Adoption of blockchain in operations and supply chain management among Malaysian SMEs

TL;DR: New knowledge is added to the literature on factors that affect blockchain adoption among Small-Medium Enterprises in Malaysia that covers the technological dimensions of relative advantage and complexity, organisational dimensions of upper management support and cost and environmental dimensions of market dynamics, competitive pressure and regulatory support.
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Identification of critical success factors, risks and opportunities of Industry 4.0 in SMEs

TL;DR: This study demonstrates that the major risks facing the adoption of Industry 4.0 in SMEs include a lack of expertise and a short-term strategy mindset and indicates that training is the most important factor for success.
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Technological, organisational and environmental factors influencing managers’ decision to adopt cloud computing in the UK

TL;DR: Four out of the eight factors examined have a significant influence on the adoption decision of cloud computing services in the UK and those key factors include competitive pressure, complexity, technology readiness and trading partner pressure.
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