This chapter examines the adoption of technological innovations. It shows that slow adoption behavior contributing to reliability is a rational choice when the cost of failure and technological uncertainty are high. This behavior is identified as a technological inertia strategy based on reliability. The chapter also examines the case of the adoption of organizational innovations. By constructing an original model, it shows that the slow adoption of organizational innovations also promotes organizational survival when the environment is risky. This behavior is identified as an organizational inertia strategy. The chapter also shows that the slow adoption of organizational innovations may be a key success factor. The observation of organizational delays should be seen as a manifestation of the mastery of a key success factor and not as a weakness that must be reduced by accelerating organizational change.
Slow Adoption of Innovations: A Key Success Factor
2020-01-15
43 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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