Innovation characteristics and the decision to adopt cloud computing by Small and Medium Enterprises in Kampala

Kehinde Kenny Onayemi, Joseph Bada, Frank Pio Kiyingi

dc.contributor.author	Kehinde Kenny Onayemi, Joseph Bada, Frank Pio Kiyingi
dc.date.accessioned	2023-03-24T15:41:51Z
dc.date.available	2023-03-24T15:41:51Z
dc.date.issued	2022
dc.identifier.uri	https://pub.nkumbauniversity.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/950
dc.description.abstract	The study looked at the innovation traits that influenced SME (Small and Medium enterprises) adoption of cloud computing in Kampala, Uganda. In Kampala, Uganda, Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) made decisions to use cloud computing based on innovation characteristics. It was found out that: cloud computing enhanced innovations in their business (Mean = 3.78, St. Dev = .601), there was a complexity that comes with the use of cloud computing (Mean = 4.01, St. Dev = 1.180), cloud could not be easily be integrated into our existing IT infrastructure (Mean = 2.62, St. Dev = 1.032), there was Trialability (Trialability is the ease with which customers can try a new product or service) of the cloud computing systems was conducive in this business (Mean = 3.40, St. Dev = .921), there was no security (Mean = 2.73, St. Dev = .918), lack of privacy (Mean = 2.71, St. Dev = .790). Keywords: innovation characteristics, cloud computing, SMEs	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Social Science and Humanities Journal	en_US
dc.subject	innovation characteristics, cloud computing, SMEs	en_US
dc.title	Innovation characteristics and the decision to adopt cloud computing by Small and Medium Enterprises in Kampala	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US