A PROCESS STUDY OF NEW TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN SMALLER MANUFACTURING FIRMS

被引：88

作者：

LANGLEY, A

TRUAX, J

机构：

[1] Universite du Québec, Montréal, Quebec

来源：

JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES | 1994年 / 31卷 / 05期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1111/j.1467-6486.1994.tb00632.x

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

Based on longitudinal case studies of new technology adoption in five smaller Canadian manufacturing firms, this article develops an inductive process model that views the technology adoption process as a partially nested set of three parallel and interacting sub-processes that are different in nature: the strategic commitment process, the technology choice process and the financial justification process. These processes are themselves intertwined with other strategic decision processes in the firm, and influenced by a dynamic set of contextual elements that interact with one another over time. The study underlines the problems associated with a narrow conception of technology adoption as a 'decision' while showing how various process models from the literature are useful in understanding different parts of the overall process of adoption

引用

页码：619 / 652

页数：34

共 56 条

[1]

ANDERSON PA, 1983, ADM SCI Q, V29, P201

[2]

BEATTY CA, 1988, PREACHING GOSPEL EVA

[3] AN APPLICATION OF DECISION-PROCESS MODELING TO MANUFACTURING SYSTEM-DESIGN [J].