Potential benefits, current supply, utilization and barriers to adoption: An exploratory study on German SMEs and innovation software

Technovation

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 988-998

  Kohn, Stefan ^a   Hüsig, Stefan ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption barriers; CAI; Decision support; ICT; Innovation software; SMEs; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKETING;

ADOPTION BARRIERS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ITC); INNOVATION SOFTWARE; MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (MSE); TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745932652     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2005.08.003     Document Type: Article

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