Factors influencing information technology usage for new product development: The case of Japanese companies

Journal of Product Innovation Management

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 833-847

  Kawakami, Tomoko ^a   Durmuşoǧlu, Serdar S ^b   Barczak, Gloria ^c  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CULTURAL CONTEXT; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; GROUNDED THEORY APPROACH; INNOVATIVENESS; INTERACTION FACTOR; JAPANESE COMPANY; JAPANESE FIRMS; LONG-TERM ORIENTATION; MARKET ENVIRONMENT; MULTIPLE-CASE STUDY; NATIONAL CULTURES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; NORTH AMERICAN; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; PERCEIVED EASE OF USE; PERCEIVED USEFULNESS; PHYSICAL PROXIMITY; PROCESS FORMALIZATIONS; RESISTANCE TO CHANGE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; STRATEGIC FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY AVOIDANCE; WESTERN COUNTRIES; WESTERN EUROPE;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 80053993513     PISSN: 07376782     EISSN: 15405885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5885.2011.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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