An adopter-centered approach to understanding adoption of innovations

European Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-49

  Pereira, Rex Eugene ^a  

^a DRAKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovation; New technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180565     PISSN: 14601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14601060210415162     Document Type: Article

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