What's wrong with the diffusion of innovation theory?

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 59, Issue , 2001, Pages 173-190

  Lyytinen, Kalle ^a   Damsgaard, Jan ^b  

^a Department of Computer Science and Information Systems University of Jyviiskylii   (Finland)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Complex and networked technologies; Diffusion of innovation theory; EDI; Electronic data interchange

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

DIFFERENT LAYERS; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION THEORY; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATIONS; INSTITUTIONAL MODELS; MULTI-LAYERED; MULTIPLE LEVELS; NETWORKED TECHNOLOGIES; TIME-SCALES;

ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE;

EID: 33845263314     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-35404-0_11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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