Why adopt now? Multiple case studies and survey studies comparing small, medium and large firms

Technovation

Volumn 31, Issue 10-11, 2011, Pages 554-559

  Sawang, Sukanlaya ^a   Unsworth, Kerrie L ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adoption; External pressure; Innovation; Organizational attitude; Organizational readiness; SMEs; Stakeholders

Indexed keywords

ADOPTION; EXTERNAL PRESSURES; ORGANIZATIONAL ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATIONAL READINESS; SMES; STAKEHOLDERS;

SURVEYS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 80052473605     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2011.06.002     Document Type: Article

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