Organizational context, climate and innovativeness: Adoption of imaging technology

Journal of Engineering and Technology Management - JET-M

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 221-247

  Nystrom, Paul C ^a   Ramamurthy, K ^a   Wilson, Alla L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN GREEN BAY   (United States)

Author keywords

Context; Innovation adoption; Innovativeness; Organizational age; Organizational climate; Organizational size; Radicalness; Relative advantage; Slack resources; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0036761375     PISSN: 09234748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0923-4748(02)00019-X     Document Type: Article

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