[-] Show simple item record

dc.contributor.advisorSturgeon, James I.
dc.contributor.authorCotton, Andrew D.
dc.date.issued2021
dc.date.submitted2021 Fall
dc.descriptionTitle from PDF of title page viewed January 13, 2022
dc.descriptionDissertation advisor: James Sturgeon
dc.descriptionVita
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 180-194)
dc.descriptionThesis (Ph.D.)--Department of Economics, Henry W. Bloch School of Management. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2021
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study is to examine the effects of consolidation within the cloud computing industry related to the reliability and availability of computing resources. This dissertation begins by assessing the scale and scope of the cloud computing industry leader, Amazon Web Services. Included in this assessment are a collection of case studies that reveal some of the unique transactions between actors in this industry. The next section uses a bowtie analysis to frame for discussion the key risks related to cloud computing. This framework is used to analyze how the economic risks of compromise and unavailability have changed with a shift from on premise computing to cloud computing. A normative systems analysis examines the policy considerations for addressing the consolidation in the cloud computing industry, and the social fabric matrix is applied to discuss the unique deliveries among processing institutions and between processing institutions and authorizing institutions. On the basis of the normative systems analysis, several policy implications are examined, including the extent to which government spending reinforces consolidation of power and risk within the cloud computing industry.
dc.description.tableofcontentsIntroduction, Problem Statement and Background -- Literature Review -- Scale and Scope of AWS -- Analyzing the Risk if AWS Failure -- A Normative systems Analysis of AWS -- The Social Fabric Matrix -- Conclusion and Discussion -- Appendix A.State Apportionment Formulas -- Appendix B. The Senior Management Team over Amazon.com, Inc. -- Appendix C. The Senior Management Team over AWS
dc.format.extentix, 195 pages
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10355/88649
dc.subject.lcshAmazon Web Services (Firm)
dc.subject.lcshConsolidation and merger of corporations -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcshCloud computing
dc.subject.otherDissertation -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Entrepreneurship and innovation
dc.subject.otherDissertation -- University of Missouri--Kansas City -- Economics
dc.titleThe Systemic Risk of Consolidation in the Cloud Computing Industry
thesis.degree.disciplineEconomics (UMKC)
thesis.degree.disciplineEntrepreneurship and Innovation (UMKC)
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Missouri--Kansas City
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.namePh.D. (Doctor of Philosophy)


Files in this item

[PDF]

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

[-] Show simple item record