Investigating the Identification of Technological Business Criteria Based on Cloud Computing in Small and Medium-Sized Bompanies Using Fuzzy Delphi Method

Subject Areas : Finance

Ahmad  Fendereski ¹ (Ph.D. Candidate of Management, Gorgan branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.)
Ahmad  Mehrabian ² (Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.)
Hossein  Didehkhani ³ (Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Gorgan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Gorgan, Iran.)
Alireza  Esfandiari Moghaddam ⁴ (Professor, Department of Information Science and Epistemology, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.)

Received: 2023-03-24 Accepted : 2023-06-17 Published : 2023-10-01

Keywords: Technology, fuzzy Delphi, Business, cloud computing,

Abstract :

This article was conducted with the purpose of identifying the criteria of technological businesses based on cloud computing in small and medium-sized companies using the fuzzy Delphi method. The main concern of this research is to identify the criteria of technological businesses based on cloud computing in small and medium-sized businesses using the fuzzy Delphi method. It depends on mixed research (qualitative-quantitative) and collecting information through the background of previous researches and experts' opinions and the method of gathering information through questionnaires and interviews. Delphi's opinion of experts was taken. In the current research, many factors led to the formation of technological businesses; therefore, it should not be considered a simple phenomenon, and due to the intensity of electronic commerce in the world, the multi-dimensional concept of this phenomenon should be looked at more carefully.

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