Modeling innovation, manufacturing, diffusion and adoption/rejection processes

Journal of Business and Industrial Marketing

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 380-393

  Woodside, Arch G ^a   Biemans, Wim G ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Innovation; Manufacturing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844507043     PISSN: 08858624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/08858620510628614     Document Type: Article

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