The adoption of radical manufacturing technologies and firm survival

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 943-962

  Sinha, Rajiv K ^a   Noble, Charles H ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bass model; Diffusion of innovation; Hazard modeling; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COMPUTER NETWORKS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; TIME MEASUREMENT;

BASS MODEL; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HAZARD MODELING; MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 51049118768     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.687     Document Type: Article

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