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A Process Study Of New Technology Adoption In Smaller Manufacturing Firms

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  • Ann Langley
  • Jean Truax

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Based on longitudinal case studies of new technology adoption in five smaller Canadian manufacturing firms, this article develops an inductive process model that views the technology adoption process as a partially nested set of three parallel and interacting sub‐processes that are different in nature: the strategic commitment process, the technology choice process and the financial justification process. These processes are themselves intertwined with other strategic decision processes in the firm, and influenced by a dynamic set of contextual elements that interact with one another over time. the study underlines the problems associated with a narrow conception of technology adoption as a ‘decision’while showing how various process models from the literature are useful in understanding different parts of the overall process of adoption

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  • Ann Langley & Jean Truax, 1994. "A Process Study Of New Technology Adoption In Smaller Manufacturing Firms," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(5), pages 619-652, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:31:y:1994:i:5:p:619-652
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1994.tb00632.x
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