Assimilating information technology innovations: Strategies and moderating influences

IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 347-358

  Agarwal, Ritu ^a,b   Tanniru, Mohan ^a,c,d   Wilemon, David ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption and diffusion; Information technology; Innovation; Organizational strategy

Indexed keywords

STRATEGIC PLANNING; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

TECHNOLOGY ASSIMILATION PROCESS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031268866     PISSN: 00189391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/17.649864     Document Type: Article

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