The Illusory Diffusion of Innovation: An Examination of Assimilation Gaps

Information Systems Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-275

  Fichman, Robert G ^a   Kemerer, Chris F ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Assimilation gap; Deployment; Diffusion modeling; Software process innovation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DIFFUSION; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

ADOPTION; ASSIMILATION GAP; DEPLOYMENT; DIFFUSION MODEL; SOFTWARE PROCESS;

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0000232275     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.10.3.255     Document Type: Article

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