Analysis of the Cloud and Non Cloud Computing on Financial Data at Japanese Enterprises
康東 鵜飼, Yasuharu Ukai · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 2015
The object of this paper is to analyze the fi nancial reports of Japanese enterprises which have Cloud Computing system. Cloud Computing is a computer architecture based on broadband access service. The users of the Cloud Computing service recognize their computer processing as a network service. The providers of Cloud Computing service, on the other hand, establish a large‒scale data center, construct a service system for software and collect data through the Internet. This Computing is classifi ed as public or private Cloud Computing. Public Cloud Computing is open to any computer‒using company that pays a service charge to the providers. On the contrary, private Cloud Computing is used by members at companies that have constructed a Cloud Computing system over a restricted company information infrastructure. Some companies use public and private cloud computing simultaneously, which is called Hybrid Cloud Computing. We conducted mail surveys to all listed companies on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2012 and 2013 and created panel data of 97 companies concerning Cloud Computing. Second, we collected the fi nancial information of these 97 companies disclosed in their annual reports. We found that Japanese companies have a negative relationship between their net profi t and the rate of