Innovation attributes and category membership: Explaining intention to adopt technological innovations in strategic decision making contexts

Journal of High Technology Management Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-33

  Tabak, Filiz ^a   Barr, Steve H ^b  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002112517     PISSN: 10478310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1047-8310(88)90003-X     Document Type: Article

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