Article: Cloud services adoption and its impact on small and medium enterprises in the Czech Republic Journal: International Journal of Business and Systems Research (IJBSR) 2025 Vol.19 No.4 pp.416 - 441 Abstract: In the literature focused on information technology, cloud computing services are referred to as solutions for efficiently acquiring the latest technologies for use in companies with the possibility of cost optimisation. This study focuses on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic accept and use cloud computing services. Small and medium-sized enterprises are companies with a low budget and limited human resources. This study confirmed that it is advantageous for them to use cloud computing services. Their usage can reduce costs and enable them to respond to changes in the business environment by using technologies that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Questionnaires were addressed to respondents (owners or top managers) to obtain data on what influences small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt certain IT services in the form of cloud computing. The results of the data analysis showed that factors such as cost savings, relative advantage, and especially top management support have a decisive influence on the adoption of cloud computing for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic. The interpretations and implications of the findings, as well as future research directions, are discussed in this paper. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Cloud services adoption and its impact on small and medium enterprises in the Czech Republic

Authors: Ladislav Beranek; Jiri Homan; Jan Fesl; Michal Konopa

Addresses: Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic ' Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic ' Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic ' Faculty of Agriculture and Technology, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic

Abstract: In the literature focused on information technology, cloud computing services are referred to as solutions for efficiently acquiring the latest technologies for use in companies with the possibility of cost optimisation. This study focuses on how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Czech Republic accept and use cloud computing services. Small and medium-sized enterprises are companies with a low budget and limited human resources. This study confirmed that it is advantageous for them to use cloud computing services. Their usage can reduce costs and enable them to respond to changes in the business environment by using technologies that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Questionnaires were addressed to respondents (owners or top managers) to obtain data on what influences small and medium-sized enterprises to adopt certain IT services in the form of cloud computing. The results of the data analysis showed that factors such as cost savings, relative advantage, and especially top management support have a decisive influence on the adoption of cloud computing for small and medium-sized enterprises in the Czech Republic. The interpretations and implications of the findings, as well as future research directions, are discussed in this paper.

Keywords: cloud computing; small and medium enterprises; cloud computing adoption; performance; structural equation model; Czech Republic.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBSR.2025.149076

International Journal of Business and Systems Research, 2025 Vol.19 No.4, pp.416 - 441

Accepted: 09 Apr 2025
Published online: 13 Oct 2025 *

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