Modelling the Intention to Adopt Cloud Computing Services: A Transaction Cost Theory Perspective

• Main Author: Ogan Yigitbasioglu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Australasian Association for Information Systems 2014-11-01
• Series: Australasian Journal of Information Systems
• Subjects: Cloud computing; vendor trust; security; reliability; SAAS; IAAS; PAAS
• Online Access: http://journal.acs.org.au/index.php/ajis/article/view/1052

This paper uses transaction cost theory to study cloud computing adoption. A model is developed and tested with data from an Australian survey. According to the results, perceived vendor opportunism and perceived legislative uncertainty around cloud computing were significantly associated with perceived cloud computing security risk. There was also a significant negative relationship between perceived cloud computing security risk and the intention to adopt cloud services. This study also reports on adoption rates of cloud computing in terms of applications, as well as the types of services used.