The impact of cultural differences on technology adoption

Journal of World Business

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  Lee, Sang Gun ^a   Trimi, Silvana ^b   Kim, Changsoo ^c  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Ajou University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cross cultural research; Cultural dimensions; Diffusion models; National culture; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868674959     PISSN: 10909516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jwb.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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