Support strategies to foster adoption of interorganizational innovations

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 378-389

  Nault, Barrie R ^a   Wolfe, Richard A ^b   Dexter, Albert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adoption support; Innovation radicalness; Interorganizational information systems; Organization innovativeness; Triage model

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

INTERORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ORGANIZATION INNOVATIVENESS; SUPPLIER CUSTOMER RELATIONS; TRIAGE MODEL;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031268787     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.649868     Document Type: Article

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