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Controlling und Cloud Computing - Wie die Cloud den Informationsfluss in KMU ändert

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  • Gerhard Kristandl
  • Martin Quinn
  • Erik Strauß

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Das Controlling in KMU ist aufgrund der relativen Knappheit an finanziellen und spezifischen Human-Ressourcen sowie geringen Informationsverarbeitungskapazitäten oft in seinen Informationsversorgungsaufgaben eingeschränkt. Neue technologische IT-Entwicklungen scheinen aber eine bessere Ausnutzung der vorhandenen Kapazitäten zu ermöglichen. Der vorliegende Beitrag diskutiert den Einfluss von Cloud Computing auf Unternehmenssteuerungssysteme in KMU. Unter Berücksichtigung der von Chenhall und Morris (1986) postulierten Informationseigenschaften Umfang, Aktualität, Aggregation und Integration auf Basis des kontingenztheoretischen Ansatzes eröffnet dieser Beitrag einen ersten Einblick in die Auswirkungen der Cloud auf Informationsflüsse in Unternehmenssteuerungssystemen basierend auf Erkenntnissen aus Experteninterviews und einer Umfrage unter 139 Unternehmen. Grundsätzlich kann festgehalten werden, dass die Cloud für das Controlling in KMU eine Verbesserung der Informationsverarbeitungskapazität darstellt, gleichzeitig aber auch einige Herausforderungen mit sich bringt. / The information processing capacities in SME are often restricted by the relative lack of resources, leading to limitations in information provision for management accounting. However, information processing capacities can be improved by accessing affordable technology such as the cloud. This paper discusses the impact of cloud computing on a management control system in SME. Based on four information characteristics (scope, timeliness, aggregation, integration) as defined by Chenhall and Morris (1986) using a contingency approach, as well as results from expert interviews and a survey among 139 companies, we show an impact of cloud computing on the information flows in management control systems. For the management accounting function, this indicates an improvement of the information processing capacities of SME by cloud computing.

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  • Gerhard Kristandl & Martin Quinn & Erik Strauß, 2015. "Controlling und Cloud Computing - Wie die Cloud den Informationsfluss in KMU ändert," ZfKE – Zeitschrift für KMU und Entrepreneurship, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 63(3-4), pages 281-304.
  • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqzfk:v63_y2015_i3-4_q3-4_p281-304
    DOI: 10.3790/zfke.63.3-4.281
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    1. Martin Quinn & Martin R. W. Hiebl & Ken Moores & Justin B. Craig, 2018. "Future research on management accounting and control in family firms: suggestions linked to architecture, governance, entrepreneurship and stewardship," Journal of Management Control: Zeitschrift für Planung und Unternehmenssteuerung, Springer, vol. 28(4), pages 529-546, February.

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