Innovation diffusion in global contexts: Determinants of post-adoption digital transformation of European companies

European Journal of Information Systems

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-616

  Zhu, Kevin ^a   Dong, Shutao ^b   Xu, Sean Xin ^c   Kraemer, Kenneth L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adoption contexts; Cross country study; Europe; Innovation characteristics; Performance impact; Technology diffusion; Usage

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845945961     PISSN: 0960085X     EISSN: 14769344     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000650     Document Type: Article

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