The Influence of Change Agents on Information Technology Diffusion in Firms  

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Utomo, Hargo

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah nasional - tidak terakreditasi DIKTI
Dalam koleksi: International Journal of Business vol. 4 no. 1 (Jan. 2002), page 17-30.
Topik: innovation; diffusion; innovation; IT; SMFs

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: II51.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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The role of the change agents in technological diffusion and innovation at firm level has been addressed in pulished literature mostly within the context of the developed countries. However, the involvement of change agents in the diffusion and adoption of IT - based innovations by small and medium - sized firms in the developing countries is largely unexplores. The main research questions are why and how managerial decisions to adopt and use IT are influenced (if any) by the interactions of key people in firms with several identified change agents. Case studies are used as the preferred approach to answer the research questions and to understand the qualitative aspects of IT diffusion at the level of the firm. The study concludes that IT diffusion is small and medium - sized firms expose mixed institutional influences. The mechanisms by which change agents are involved in IT diffusion is also unique and is claimed to be different from that is generally found in other studies in this area. Some policy implications are proposed by this study.

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