TY - JOUR
T1 - Internal and external interorganizational relationships and their impact on the adoption of new technology
T2 - An exploratory study
AU - Bobrowski, Paula
AU - Bretschneider, Stuart
N1 - Funding Information:
This article examines internal and external interorganizational relationships and their impact on the probability of organizational adoption of new technologies. First, the paper provides an overview of existing adoption-diffusion research along with a new conceptual framework that links internal and external interorganizational relationships among various industrial groups to the adoption-diffusion process. Based on this new conceptual framework, we formulate hypotheses and an empirical model. The model is estimated using data from 12 technology development projects funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The results suggest that interorganizational relationships vary across industries and play a significant role in the adoption decisions of organizations. The results also suggest that external technology transfer agents facilitate this process.
Funding Information:
PAULA BOBROWSKI is a doctoral candidate at the School of Management at Syracuse University. STUART BRETSCHNEIDER is the Associate Director of the Technology and Information Policy Program at The Maxwell School of Syracuse University. Address reprint requests to Professor Stuart Bretschneider, The Maxwell School, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244-1244. This research was supported by a grant from New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).
Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1994/7
Y1 - 1994/7
N2 - This article examines internal and external interorganizational relationships and their impact on the probability of organizational adoption of new technologies. First, the paper provides an overview of existing adoption-diffusion research along with a new conceptual framework that links internal and external interorganizational relationships among various industrial groups to the adoption-diffusion process. Based on this new conceptual framework, we formulate hypotheses and an empirical model. The model is estimated using data from 12 technology development projects funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The results suggest that interorganizational relationships vary across industries and play a significant role in the adoption decisions of organizations. The results also suggest that external technology transfer agents facilitate this process.
AB - This article examines internal and external interorganizational relationships and their impact on the probability of organizational adoption of new technologies. First, the paper provides an overview of existing adoption-diffusion research along with a new conceptual framework that links internal and external interorganizational relationships among various industrial groups to the adoption-diffusion process. Based on this new conceptual framework, we formulate hypotheses and an empirical model. The model is estimated using data from 12 technology development projects funded by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). The results suggest that interorganizational relationships vary across industries and play a significant role in the adoption decisions of organizations. The results also suggest that external technology transfer agents facilitate this process.
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U2 - 10.1016/0040-1625(94)90001-9
DO - 10.1016/0040-1625(94)90001-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0028600162
SN - 0040-1625
VL - 46
SP - 197
EP - 211
JO - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
JF - Technological Forecasting and Social Change
IS - 3
ER -