Critical Success Factors for Adopting Cloud Computing in the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies

Mohammad Saleem Al-Shura, Abdelrahim M. Zabadi (), Mohamad Abughazaleh () and Marwa A. Alhadi ()
Additional contact information
Mohammad Saleem Al-Shura: The World Islamic Science & Education University (Wise), Jordan
Abdelrahim M. Zabadi: University of Business &Technology (UBT), Saudi Arabia
Mohamad Abughazaleh: Khalifa Industrial Zone Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Marwa A. Alhadi: Computer Science Department, College of Engineering, Sana'a University, Yemen

Management and Economics Review, 2018, vol. 3, issue 2, 123-137

Abstract: Cloud computing is a model for enabling ubiquitous, easy, and on-demand network access to a shared aggregation of configurable computing sources. Adopting of cloud computing in the pharmaceutical manufacturing is influenced by a group of critical success factors. Therefore, this paper depends on the technological-organizational-environmental (TOE) framework to explore the factors that influence on cloud computing adoption by pharmaceutical industry firms in Jordan through proposing a model for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies. Complexity, compatibility, relative advantage, top management support, firm size, technical readiness, competitive pressure, and trading partner pressure, are the eight critical success factors that have been tested. A survey was utilized to collect data from 16 pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in the capital of Jordan – Amman. Relevant hypotheses were developed and examined by multiple regression analysis. The results of the data analysis generally support the suggested model. In summary, the results of this research have shown that all above-mentioned factors were found to have a significant influence on adoption of cloud computing for the pharmaceutical industry in Jordan. This finding of adoption in cloud computing in the pharmaceutical industry will help firms to take into consideration their information for technologies investments.

Keywords: cloud computing; technology – organization – environment (TOE) framework; technology adoption; pharmaceutical industry; information technology (IT). (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L20 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (2)

Downloads: (external link)
https://mer.ase.ro/files/2018_2/3-1.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:rom:merase:v:3:y:2018:i:2:p:123-137

Access Statistics for this article

Management and Economics Review is currently edited by Ciocoiu Nadia Carmen

More articles in Management and Economics Review from Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Ciocoiu Nadia Carmen ().