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Robert Gibbons. Farahani Rad, Ali Sloan School of Management. Sloan School of Management 2013-09-24T19:41:05Z 2013-09-24T19:41:05Z 2013 2013 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/81073 857792873 Thesis (S.M. in Management Studies)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 2013. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36). Cloud computing has been at the center of attention for a while now. This attention is directed towards different aspects of this concept which concern different stakeholders from IT companies to cloud adopters to simple users of cloud services. Cloud computing is affecting the IT industry in terms of operations, product and service development, and strategy. It also affects the organizations that adopt cloud computing. Any new technology or new means of conducting business processes could have a potential effect on organizational structure as well as performance. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the implications of adopting cloud computing for organizational design and performance. It focuses on how a lowering in the costs associated with IT might influence the organizational design and in particular the decision making structure of organizations. Past research conducted on the effects of the costs associated with IT on organizational structure have been used to explain the implications of adopting cloud computing. by Ali Farahani Rad. S.M. in Management Studies 36 p. eng Massachusetts Institute of Technology M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 Sloan School of Management. Cloud computing and its implications for organizational design and performance Thesis application/pdf false Publication unknown unknown <Publication xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/1.1/" id="d08e8f7d-9ad4-4ba4-9cb0-ab51877a38fa"> <Type xmlns="https://www.openaire.eu/cerif-profile/vocab/COAR_Publication_Types">http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_1843</Type> <Language>eng</Language> <Title>Cloud computing and its implications for organizational design and performance</Title> <PublishedIn> <Publication> </Publication> </PublishedIn> <PublicationDate>2013</PublicationDate> <Authors> <Author> <DisplayName>Farahani Rad, Ali</DisplayName> <Affiliation> <OrgUnit> </OrgUnit> </Affiliation> </Author> </Authors> <Editors> </Editors> <Publishers> <Publisher> <DisplayName>Massachusetts Institute of Technology</DisplayName> <OrgUnit /> </Publisher> </Publishers> <License>http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582</License> <Keyword>Sloan School of Management.</Keyword> <Abstract>Cloud computing has been at the center of attention for a while now. This attention is directed towards different aspects of this concept which concern different stakeholders from IT companies to cloud adopters to simple users of cloud services. Cloud computing is affecting the IT industry in terms of operations, product and service development, and strategy. It also affects the organizations that adopt cloud computing. Any new technology or new means of conducting business processes could have a potential effect on organizational structure as well as performance. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the implications of adopting cloud computing for organizational design and performance. It focuses on how a lowering in the costs associated with IT might influence the organizational design and in particular the decision making structure of organizations. Past research conducted on the effects of the costs associated with IT on organizational structure have been used to explain the implications of adopting cloud computing.</Abstract> <Access xmlns="http://purl.org/coar/access_right" > </Access> </Publication>