The adoption of spreadsheet software: Testing innovation diffusion theory in the context of end-user computing

Information Systems Research

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 115-143

  Brancheau, James C ^a   Wetherbe, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopter characteristics; Emerging information technology; End user computing; Innovation diffusion; Spreadsheet software

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SPREADSHEETS;

ADOPTER CHARACTERISTICS; EMERGING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES; END USER COMPUTING; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 73549084964     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1.2.115     Document Type: Article

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