TIZ6938 Final Project and Internal Industrial Internship Report

The purpose to this project is to verify sales achievement on RM 100,000 in order to fulfill graduations special condition for Master of Science Technopreneurship. For this purpose one company registered namely Qlife Solutions for University Utara Malaysia community. This thesis have eight chapter. First chapter is information of company, second is resolutions of business, third is corporate information, fourth is,fifth is business minute, six is report on RM100,000 sales business achievement, chapter seven is financial report for past two years and last chapter is future plan and financial assistant need if necessary

A systematic literature review of cloud computing adoption and impacts among Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs)

Although cloud computing is one of the most significant trends in information technology acquisition today, its adoption amongst the SMEs is still behind the larger conterparts. Additionally, among those that use, many face challenges to gain benefits as what is normally claimed. More research is needed to understand the issue. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) conducted related to cloud computing adoption among SMEs, particularly focusing on the post adoption stage. SLR method was employed as this method enable the review been done in a more comprehensive and rigorous manner. A total of 39 relevant articles were reviewed and the findings indicate that most past researches on cloud computing and SMEs focused on adoption, exploring factors that affect the adoption. Very few studies looked at the post adoption stage or the impacts of cloud computing on SMEs

A model to assess the impacts of cloud computing use on SME performance: a resource-based view

Currently, cloud computing services that are available in the market are very appealing to SMEs. This is because these services are not only up-to-date in terms of ICT but more importantly they are affordable to them. However, the adoption of the cloud computing services presents significant challenges to the SMEs. They need to determine the appropriate path in order to ensure their sustainable presence in the cloud computing environment. Additionally, SMEs have to assess whether cloud services can provide value to their business. Past research has focused on cloud computing adoption by SMEs; the post-adoption and impacts of cloud computing was not thoroughly investigated. Using the Resource-Based theory, this paper discusses a conceptual model developed to assess the impact of cloud computing on SME performance, mediated by cloud computing benefits. The role of environmental turbulence is also included in the model which is postulated to moderate the effect of cloud infrastructure capability on cloud computing benefits. The model contributes towards understanding the impacts of cloud computing on SMEs from the lens of Resource-based View, and practically can guide SME managers in planning their cloud migration initiative

A conceptual model on cloud computing and SME performance: Resource-Based View

Despite the promising future of cloud computing to be successfully adopted for SMEs’s daily operations, researchers, policy makers and SME owners are still grappling with how effective cloud computing could be customized to monitor respective SME performances. The literature review revealed that there is still a lack of research on the post-adoption of cloud computing, particularly concerning the key variables and interrelationships which are mostly divergent and that produce varied results. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to develop an integrative cloud computing model underpinned by the Resources-Based View Theory (RBV) and also via applying the concept of IT business value. This study seeks to bridge the knowledge gap of cloud computing complementary organizational capabilities identified as the internal factor. As future research guidelines, this research will fill the theoretical gap especially concerning the impacts of cloud computing among Malaysian SME adopters

Cloud computing practices and perceived benefits by SMES in Malaysia: some empirical evidence

The trend of cloud computing adoption is on the rise globally as it offers an attractive option of IT acquisition to organizations. Although similar benefits of cloud services can be gained by SMEs as the larger counterparts, it was reported that cloud computing adoption is still low among SMEs. A similar situation is observed for SMEs in Malaysia despite several initiatives launched by the government. Additionally, not much empirical studies have been conducted in a comprehensive manner to provide insights on the status and practices of cloud adoption among SMEs in Malaysia. Hence, this study is an attempt to fill this gap. Using survey method, a total of 387 responses were used for the descriptive analysis. The findings indicate that most Malaysia small businesses in both service and manufacturing sectors have substantial experience with basic cloud services and adopt similar practices like SMEs in the developed nations. The implication of the findings is that Malaysia SMEs are catching up with the global trend of utilizing cloud computing to improve the competitiveness of their business

A model to assess the impacts of cloud computing use on SME performance: a resource-based view

Currently, cloud computing services that are available in the market are very appealing to SMEs. This is because these services are not only up-to-date in terms of ICT but more importantly they are affordable to them. However, the adoption of the cloud computing services presents significant challenges to the SMEs. They need to determine the appropriate path in order to ensure their sustainable presence in the cloud computing environment. Additionally, SMEs have to assess whether cloud services can provide value to their business. Past research has focused on cloud computing adoption by SMEs; the post-adoption and impacts of cloud computing was not thoroughly investigated. Using the Resource-Based theory, this paper discusses a conceptual model developed to assess the impact of cloud computing on SME performance, mediated by cloud computing benefits. The role of environmental turbulence is also included in the model which is postulated to moderate the effect of cloud infrastructure capability on cloud computing benefits. The model contributes towards understanding the impacts of cloud computing on SMEs from the lens of Resource-based View, and practically can guide SME managers in planning their cloud migration initiative