naa a22 4500 510760031 CHVBK 20180411083136.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s12525-012-0120-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s12525-012-0120-4 Cloud computing in industrial SMEs: identification of the barriers to its adoption and effects of its application [Elektronische Daten] [Sara Trigueros-Preciado, Daniel Pérez-González, Pedro Solana-González] Cloud computing is a new technological paradigm that may revolutionize how organizations use IT by facilitating delivery of all technology as a service. In the literature, the Cloud is treated mainly through a technological approach focused on the concept definition, service models, infrastructures for its development and security problems. However, there is an important lack of works which analyze this paradigm adoption in SMEs and its results, with a gap between the technological development and its adoption by organizations. This paper uses a qualitative technique methodology -group meetings with managers- and a quantitative one—survey- and identifies which factors act as barriers to Cloud adoption and which positive effects its application generates in 94 industrial SMEs. The conclusion is that the main barriers are of a cultural type and that the positive effects go well beyond reducing costs. Institute of Information Management, University of St. Gallen, 2013 Cloud computing nationallicence Industrial SMEs nationallicence Barriers to adoption nationallicence Effects nationallicence Trigueros-Preciado Sara Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain aut Pérez-González Daniel Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain aut Solana-González Pedro Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain aut Electronic Markets Springer-Verlag 23/2(2013-06-01), 105-114 1019-6781 23:2<105 2013 23 12525 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-012-0120-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-012-0120-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Trigueros-Preciado Sara Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pérez-González Daniel Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Solana-González Pedro Department of Business Administration, University of Cantabria, Avda. Los Castros s/n, 39005, Santander, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Electronic Markets Springer-Verlag 23/2(2013-06-01), 105-114 1019-6781 23:2<105 2013 23 12525 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer