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Table 2 The findings of stage 1 in the context of DOI and TOE
Context | Variable | Findings | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
Innovation Characteristics | Relative advantages (DOI) | Cost reduction, agility, back-up, and higher performance | Positive |
Complexity (DOI) | The lack of knowledge about the cloud environment, lack of skills for managing cloud-service, cost management problems, risks management, the immaturity of the cloud | Negative | |
Triability (DOI) | Ease of testing | Positive | |
Risks (DOI) | Concerns of privacy and confidentiality, vendor lock in, and loss of control | Negative | |
Technology | Compatibility (DOI) | Impact on organisational culture and staff, interpretability issues | Negative |
Size (TOE) | Difficulties in migrating large data | Negative | |
Organisation | Organisation readiness (TOE) | Level of expertise | Negative |
Internal social (TOE) | Need for adaptation, disruption to current business processes | Negative | |
External social (DOI) | Collaboration | Positive | |
Top management support (DOI) | Competitiveness, outsourcing culture, trust | Positive | |
Environment | Information sources (TOE) | Difficult access to information and complexity | Negative |
Regulation (TOE) | Concerns of legal implication, data ownership, and SLA | Negative | |
Selection of cloud provider (TOE) | Selection of cloud services and providers is difficult, and Increasing number of cloud provider and their configuration | Negative |