Global perspectives on technological innovation / edited by Bing Ran.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ran, Bing.

Series:

Contemporary Perspectives on Technological Innovation, Management and Policy

Contemporary perspectives on technological innovation, management and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Technological innovations.

Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (516 p.)

Place of Publication:

Charlotte, NC : Information Age Pub., c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Plaintext description.

Contents:

""Global Perspectives on Technological Innovation""; ""CONTENTS""; ""CHAPTER 1""; ""Comparing Pre- and Post-Internet Technologies for the Management of the Supply Chain""; ""A Technology Acceptance Model View""; ""Damien Power""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Definitions""; ""Literature Review""; ""Cognate Theory""; ""Perceived Ease of Use""; ""Perceived Usefulness""; ""Cost/Benefit of Technology""; ""Contribution of Technology to Organizational Outcomes""; ""Method""; ""Background""; ""Variables and Statistical Tests Used""; ""Demographic Items""; ""Supplementary Tests""

""Data Analysis and Findings""""Comparison of Demographics""; ""Industry Sector""; ""Company Size""; ""Position of the Respondent in the Organization""; ""Comparison of Usage between Technologies""; ""Discussion""; ""Comparison of Usage over Time""; ""Discussion""; ""Perception of Cost vs. Benefit""; ""Discussion""; ""Contribution to Organizational Outcomes""; ""Discussion""; ""Supplementary Tests and Further Discussion""; ""Implications for Public Policy""; ""Practice""; ""Theory""; ""Directions for Future Research""; ""Limitations of the Study""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgment""

""References""""Table 1.1. Comparison of Distribution of Respondents Based on Industry Sector""; ""Table 1.2. Comparison of Distribution of Respondents Based on Company Size (no. of Employees)""; ""Table 1.4. Comparison Extent of Adoption of EDI and Internet Based Technologies: Survey 3""; ""Table 1.3. Comparison of Distribution of Respondents Based on Position Held in the Organization""; ""Figure 1. 1. Comparison of usage of EDI technologies (Survey 1) with internet technologies (Survey 3).""

""Table 1.5. Comparison of Number of Organizations That Could be Identified as Adopting One or Both of the Types of Technologies�Survey 1 and Survey 2""""Figure 1. 2. Comparison of mean scores�change in usage of internet based technologies between Survey 2 and Survey 3.""; ""Table 1.6. Comparison of Perceptions of Cost vs. Benefit From Implementation of the Technologies for the Three Surveys (**Denotes Significant at .01 Level)""

""Table Survey 3: Comparison of Perceptions of Contribution to Improved Performance From Implementation of Internet and Pre-Internet Technologies for the Management of the Supply Chain�Values Shown are Adjusted R2 (*denotes significant at .05 level)""""Figure 1. 3. Comparison of extent of use of the internet as part of respondents� functional role in the organization.""; ""Figure 1. 4. Comparison of impediments to adoption of Internet based technologies for the management of the supply chain�Surveys 2 and 3 (all differences significant at .01 level apart from Customer Capability).""

""Figure 1. 5. Comparison of pressures for process change as a result of adoption of Internet based technologies for the management of the supply chain�Surveys 2 and 3.""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-62396-060-6