Cloud computing adoption in the Kenya's financial sector: An institutional perspective

While there is substantial literature on the adoption of various IT innovations based on utility computing, there is a dearth of empirical literature on cloud computing adoption by business organizations. Given that cloud computing adoption has been steadily increasing in Kenya, the current study aims at investigating the determinants of cloud computing adoption from an institutional perspective. Hypotheses were formulated to test the relationship between institutional forces and cloud computing adoption. SEM was used to analyse both the measurement and structural models. A firm level cross sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 60 financial institutions. The results indicate that mimetic and normative pressures have positive relationship with cloud computing adoption while the coercive pressures have a negative relationship. A major implication of this study is that professional and standards bodies do influence technology adoption through normative pressures.

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