Technological innovations: a framework for communicating diffusion effects

被引:52
作者
Carter, FJ
Jambulingam, T
Gupta, VK
Melone, N
机构
[1] St Josephs Univ, Erivan K Haub Sch Business, Philadelphia, PA 19131 USA
[2] Duquesne Univ, John F Donahue Grad Sch Business, Pittsburgh, PA 15282 USA
关键词
diffusion of information technologies; aerospace industry; software engineering; technological innovations; target organization group; management advocacy; communication mechanisms;
D O I
10.1016/S0378-7206(00)00065-3
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
The paper investigates the impact of the institutional aspects of the innovation-adoption process on the success of its implementation. More specifically, we concentrate on the adoption of five information technologies using a data set from the aerospace and defense industries. We investigate such factors as advocacy, breadth of support, time of adoption, and intraorganizational communications. Several hypotheses are formulated and empirically tested. We find that advocacy by middle management does not have a positive effect on the success of implementation. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:277 / 287
页数:11
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