Early vs. late adoption of radical information technology innovations across software development organizations: An extension of the disruptive information technology innovation model

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 537-569

  Carlo, Jessica Luo ^a   Gaskin, James ^b   Lyytinen, Kalle ^c   Rose, Gregory M ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruptive innovation; Early adoption; Internet computing; Radical innovation; Software development; Strong order effects

Indexed keywords

SOFTWARE DESIGN; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

DISRUPTIVE INNOVATIONS; EARLY ADOPTION; INTERNET COMPUTING; ORDERING EFFECTS; RADICAL INNOVATION;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH;

EID: 84911407703     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/isj.12039     Document Type: Article

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