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Τεκμήριο Cloud adoption: a new challenge that companies have to face(03/16/2022) Barmpa, Melina; Μπάρμπα, Μελίνα; Athens University of Economics and Business, Department of Business Administration; Mamakou, XeniaThe purpose of this study is to identify and assess the factors that may influence a company's decision to adopt cloud computing in the Greek market. This study firstly discusses some of the major challenges and difficulties for cloud computing from an organizational and technical perspective. Various research challenges relating to the following topics are discussed: the organizational changes brought about by cloud computing; the economic and organizational implications of its utility billing model; the security, regulatory, business continuity and privacy issues that cloud computing raises, as well as the trust that company and cloud provider should develop. Then, the various approaches and theories that have been used in order to evaluate Cloud Adoption are analyzed and for this research, a framework that combines both TOE and cost factors is selected. Considering an already adopted framework, a questionnaire was designed and completed by the management of a variety of companies in Greece. Then, a qualitative analysis of the results was performed according to PLS-SEM methodology via the SmartPLS tool.The study results determined that management’s perception of technical and environmental factors significantly influences the adoption of cloud computing. Moreover, the result of the study also indicates that regarding the technical factor, security is one of the significant factors that influence this decision both in terms of the measures and the mechanisms that cloud providers have in place. Regarding environmental factors, as one or more cloud providers provide the Cloud computing solutions, the cloud provider’s expertise in the industry’s solutions, the references that may have as well as the number and the variety of the cloud providers that offer adequate services have a significant impact on the company's decision.